Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking

Nisbett, Richard E.

ISBN 10: 0374112673 / ISBN 13: 9780374112677

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (edition First Edition 2015), 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (edition First Edition 2015)
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374112673
• ISBN 13: 9780374112677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition 2015.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

"The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world." -Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times Book Review

Scientific and philosophical concepts can change the way we solve problems by helping us to think more effectively about our behavior and our world. Surprisingly, despite their utility, many of these tools remain unknown to most of us.

In Mindware, the world-renowned psychologist Richard E. Nisbett presents these ideas in clear and accessible detail. Nisbett has made a distinguished career of studying and teaching such powerful problem-solving concepts as the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, sunk costs and opportunity costs, and causation and correlation, probing the best methods for teaching others how to use them effectively in their daily lives. In this groundbreaking book, Nisbett shows us how to frame common problems in such a way that these scientific and statistical principles can be applied to them. The result is an enlightening and practical guide to the most essential tools of reasoning ever developed-tools that can easily be used to make better professional, business, and personal decisions.

About the Author

Richard E. Nisbett is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and one of the world's most respected psychologists. He has received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association and many other national and international awards. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently . . . and Why and Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count have won multiple awards and have been translated into many languages.