Think Like a Freak
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
$40.93
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2015
Summary
In this major national bestseller and follow-up to Superfreakonomics, the Freakonomics authors are back to take us behind the phenomenon and unveil the tools for thinking like a freak.
With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner take us inside their thought process and teach us all how to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally. In Thin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780062218346 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0062218344 |
| Author: | Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 132mm x 201mm |
Critics Review
Praise for Freakonomics: “[Levitt and Dubner’s] clever juxtapositions, the way they consistently mine illuminating truths by contrasting seemingly unrelated topics, is what makes Freakonomics a romp of a read… . Freakonomics is a splendid book, full of unlikely but arresting historical details that distinguish the authors from the run of pop social scientists.” - New York Times Book Review
“We think we know how the world operates, but we really don’t. … Freakonomics uses the science of economics and concrete data to challenge our assumptions about everything.” - Harvard Business Review
Praise for SuperFreakonomics: “Genuinely fascinating.” - The Guardian
“Brave, bracing and beautifully contrarian. Don’t go to the water cooler without it.” - New York Post
“An interesting and thought-provoking read.” - The Horn
“Over nine entertaining chapters [Levitt and Dubner] demonstrate how not to fall into hackneyed approaches to solving problems and concretely illustrate how to reframe questions.” - New York Daily News
“Utterly captivating.” - Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Blink, The Tipping Point, and David and Goliath
“Compelling and fun.” - New York Post
“This book will change your life.” - Daily Express (London)
“Their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and teach us all to think a bit more productively, more creatively, more rationally — to think, that is, like a Freak.” - Bookreporter.com
“Good ideas… expressed with panache.” - Financial Times
Steven D. Levitt
Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, given to the most influential American economist under forty. He is also a founder of The Greatest Good, which applies Freakonomics-style thinking to business and philanthropy.
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He quit his first career–as an almost rock star–to become a writer. He has since taught English at Columbia, worked for The New York Times, and published three non-Freakonomics books. He is the host of Freakonomics Radio and Tell Me Something I Don’t Know.
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