Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody

Poundstone, William

ISBN 10: 0316371491 / ISBN 13: 9780316371490

Verlag: Little, Brown Spark, 2014

Beschreibung

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M00316371491-G

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
• Verlag: Little, Brown Spark
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0316371491
• ISBN-13: 9780316371490
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: good

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Inhaltsangabe

A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market.

People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing the lottery to buying a home. ROCK BREAKS SCISSORS is mind-reading for real life.

Will the next tennis serve go right or left? Will the market go up or down? Most people are poor at that kind of predicting. We are hard-wired to make bum bets on "trends" and "winning streaks" that are illusions. Yet ultimately we're all in the business of anticipating the actions of others. Poundstone reveals how to overcome the errors and improve the accuracy of your own outguessing. ROCK BREAKS SCISSORS is a hands-on guide to turning life's odds in your favor.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William Poundstone is the author of twelve books, including Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, How Would You Move Mount Fuji?, and Fortune's Formula. Twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, he has written for the New York Times, Harper's, Harvard Business Review, and the Village Voice, among other publications. He lives in Los Angeles.