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

Hallinan, Joseph T

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091932637 ISBN 13 : 9780091932633

Editeur : Ebury Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ebury Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091932637
• ISBN 13: 9780091932633
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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