Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain - Softcover

Levitt, Steven D.; Dubner, Stephen J.

 
9780062295927: Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0062295926 ISBN 13: 9780062295927
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2015

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria.Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing―and so much fun to read.

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The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to politics, all with the goal of retraining your brain. Along the way, you'll learn the secrets of a Japanese hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed a batch of dangerous bacteria, and why Nigerian e-mail scammers make a point of saying they're from Nigeria.Levitt and Dubner plainly see the world like no one else. Now you can too. Never before have such iconoclastic thinkers been so revealing―and so much fun to read.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0062295926
ISBN 13 
9780062295927
Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
288

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