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An edition of Everything is obvious (2011)

Everything is obvious

once you know the answer

1st ed.
  • 2.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 14 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Discusses how the concept of common sense is inadequate in an increasingly complex world and draws on multiple disciplines to offer insight into the sources of such topics as popularity, economics, and self-deception.

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Publisher
Crown Business
Language
English
Pages
335

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Cover of: Everything is obvious
Everything is obvious: why common sense is nonsense
2012, Atlantic
in English
Cover of: Everything is obvious
Everything is obvious: once you know the answer
2011, Crown Business
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Everything is obvious
Everything is obvious: how common sense fails
2011, Atlantic
in English

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Table of Contents

The myth of common sense
Thinking about thinking
The wisdom (and madness) of crowds
Special people
History, the fickle teacher
The dream of prediction
The best laid plans
The measure of all things
Fairness and justice
The proper study of mankind.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
153.4
Library of Congress
BF441 .W347 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 335 p. :
Number of pages
335

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25022944M
Internet Archive
everythingisobvi00watt_0
ISBN 10
0385531680
ISBN 13
9780385531689
LCCN
2010031550
OCLC/WorldCat
630500019
Goodreads
9206187

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