Errornomics: Why We Make Mistakes and What We Can Do To Avoid Them
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Errornomics: Why We Make Mistakes and What We Can Do To Avoid Them

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How did security staff at LA International Airport miss 75% of bomb-making materials that went through screening? Which way should you turn before joining a supermarket queue? Why should a woman hope it was a man who witnessed her bag being snatched? And what possessed Burt Reynolds to punch a guy with no legs?Human beings can be stubbornly irrational and wilfully blind … but at least we’re predictably wrong. From minor lapses (why we’re so likely to forget passwords) to life-threatening blunders (why anaesthetists used to maim their patients), Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joseph T. Hallinan explains the everyday mistakes that shape our lives, and what we can do to prevent them happening.

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Weight 0.198 kg
Dimensions 1.8 × 12.6 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

288
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Year Published

2009-8-6
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0091932637
About The Author

Joseph T. Hallinan, a former writer for The Wall Street Journal, is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.

Entertains while it informs. Hallinan brings the science of human behavior to life, showing how it applies to us every day
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In breezy chapters, Hallinan examines 13 pitfalls that make us vulnerable to mistakes…packing in an impressive range of intriguing and practical real-world examples. A lesson in humility as much as human behavior, Hallinan's study should help readers understand their limitations and how to work with them

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