The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

by Michael Lewis

Book Overview

Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways in which the human mind erred, systematically, when forced to make judgments in uncertain situations. Their work created the field of behavioral economics, revolutionized Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393254593
• ISBN13: 9780393254594
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"