Steven D. Levitt

Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner

Synopsis:

Seeing is believing...The Smash Hit SuperFreakonomics is now Bigger and Better SuperFreakonomics was an instant New York Times bestseller that caused a media uproar, continuing the amazing success begun with the groundbreaking, worldwide sensation Freakonomics. With the Illustrated Edition, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner bring alive their smart thinking and great storytelling with an explosion of visual evidence, including:

• A by-the-numbers tally of a high-priced call girl's career, and a tracking sheet from an intensive survey of Chicago street prostitutes.
• A visual quiz that lets you pit your memory against the memory of a chess grand master.
• Images of the hurricane-killing machine and other geo-engineering inventions described in SuperFreakonomics.
• A look into whether doctors are better at saving lives in TV dramas or in real hospitals.
• Previously unpublished letters between Kurt Vonnegut and the climate scientist John Latham, showing the mind behind the novelist who came up with some of the most outlandish plot points in fiction history.

Whether probing the intricacies of sex-change operations, the effectiveness of child car seats, or what really motivates people to do good, the Illustrated Edition of SuperFreakonomics uses beautiful, full-color spreads to help readers see the world in a bold, fresh way.

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