Thinking, fast and slow Kahneman, Daniel

By:

Kahneman, Daniel

Publication details: Allen Lane Great Britain 2011Description: 499 pISBN:

9781846146060

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DDC classification:

153.42 K2T4

Summary: In Thinking about Thinking, the world's most influential psychologist Daniel Kahneman reveals the truth about our intuitions, our rationality and our experience of happiness itself, to teach us how to better our lives. Kahneman explores the fascinating flaws and marvels of human behaviour and reveals to us the common errors in people's beliefs. Overturning the conventional way most of us consider decision-making to be rational, reliable and in our own interests, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour inside the mind to show us how we are all motivated by impulses that often turn out to be irrational, unreliable and detrimental to our well-being.Why do smart people make bad decisions? How come the best laid plans can go so wrong? What really makes us happy? This is the ultimate psychology book. No one can teach us better than Daniel Kahneman how to take better decisions and lead happier lives.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	153.42 K2T4-1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available			180597
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	153.42 K2T4-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available	PM		181314

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In Thinking about Thinking, the world's most influential psychologist Daniel Kahneman reveals the truth about our intuitions, our rationality and our experience of happiness itself, to teach us how to better our lives. Kahneman explores the fascinating flaws and marvels of human behaviour and reveals to us the common errors in people's beliefs. Overturning the conventional way most of us consider decision-making to be rational, reliable and in our own interests, Kahneman takes us on a ground-breaking tour inside the mind to show us how we are all motivated by impulses that often turn out to be irrational, unreliable and detrimental to our well-being.Why do smart people make bad decisions? How come the best laid plans can go so wrong? What really makes us happy?

This is the ultimate psychology book. No one can teach us better than Daniel Kahneman how to take better decisions and lead happier lives.

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