Why do doctors, generals, civil servants and others consistently make wrong decisions that cause enormous harm to others? Irrational beliefs and behaviours are virtually universal. In this iconoclastic book Stuart Sutherland analyses causes of irrationality and examines why we are irrational, the different kinds of irrationality, the damage it does us and the possible cures.
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About the Author:
Stuart Sutherland was Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex. A prolific columnist and contributor to the New York Times, he is best known for his books Irrationality and Breakdown.
Review:
Terrifying, sometimes comic, very readable and totally enthralling (Oliver Sacks)
Extremely gripping and unusually well written (RICHARD DAWKINS)
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- PublisherPinter & Martin Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1905177070
- ISBN 13 9781905177073
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages256
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