A Field Guide to Lies "Critical Thinking in the Information Age"

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Levitin, Daniel J.

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ISBN:9781101985588
Editorial: Dutton Books
Fecha de la edición:2016
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Nº Pág.:292
Idiomas:Ingles

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/ Economía Cuantitativa

'Daniel Levitins field guide is a critical thinking primer for our shrill, data-drenched age. Its an essential tool for really understanding the texts, posts, tweets, magazines, newspapers, podcasts, op-eds, interviews and speeches that bombard us every day. From the way averages befuddle to the logical fallacies that sneak by us, every page is enlightening.'
'Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter, Faster, Better

'The world is awash with data, but not always with accurate information. A Field Guide to Lies does a terrific job of illustrating the difference between the two with precision'and delightful good humor.'
'Charles Wheelan, Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, author of Naked Economics

'A Field Guide to Lies by the neuroscientist Daniel Levitin lays out the many ways in which each of us can be fooled and misled by numbers and logic, as well as the modes of critical thinking we will need to overcome this.'
'The Wall Street Journal