Why do doctors, army generals, high-ranking government officials and other people in positions of power make bad decisions that cause harm to others? Why are punishments so ineffective? Why is interviewing such an unsatisfactory method of selection? Irrationality is a challenging and thought-provoking book that draws on statistical concepts, probability theory and a mass of intriguing research to expose the failings of human reasoning, judgment and intuition. The author explores the inconsistencies of human behavior, and discovers why even the experts find it so hard to make rational and unbiased decisions.

Irrationality the Enemy Within

STUART SUTHERLAND

Self-Help

Constable

Mechanisms of Animal Discrimination Learning

ACADEMIC PRESS INC.(LONDON) LTD

IRRATIONALITY: THE ENEMY WITHIN

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Tutorial Essays in Psychology (Vol 2)

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Spine creased, worn cover and page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Breakdown: A Personal Crisis and a Medical Dilemma

Mental Health

Paladin

A comprehensive reference tool in humanities computing. Essays in nine disciplines describe resources and introduce the state of humanities computing. Platform, price, system requirements, and means of acquisition are noted with substantial descriptions of each project plus review citations.

Oxford University Computing Services Guide to Digital Resources for the Humanities

Computers & Technology

Michael Fraser

Frances Condron

Web Development & Design

West Virginia University Press

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.

Irrationality

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

A New History of Life

<p>Could our planet have been seeded with life from elsewhere? Did the development of life create conditions that threatened to poison the biosphere? How have natural forces conspired, over and over, to remove most traces of life from the planet? And how has life itself responded with determination to survive and thrive in a multitude of astonishing forms? The story of our world and the different living things that have populated it is an amazing epic with millions of species both familiar and strange, exotic settings, planet-wide cataclysms, and surprising plot twists. Humans are only the latest characters in this long-running drama, which has always been utterly unpredictable, since periodic mass extinctions are inevitably followed by life rebounding in unexpected ways. Indeed, life and the planet have developed together, each driving the evolution of the other.</p>

The Great Courses

The Great Courses/ The Teaching Company

<p>The complete set of transcripts, covering all 24 lectures. No discs included.</p>

The Great Courses: Introduction to Paleontology [Course Guidebook]

The Teaching Company / Smithsonian

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by STUART SUTHERLAND. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by STUART SUTHERLAND