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Wrong : why experts* keep failing us--and how to know when not to trust them : *scientists, finance wizards, doctors, relationship gurus, celebrity CEOs, high-powered consultants, health officials, and more / David H. Freedman.
Van Pelt Library BF378.E94 F74 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, David H., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Expertise--Social aspects.
- Expertise.
- Trust--Social aspects.
- Trust.
- Reliability.
- Error.
- Physical Description:
- 295 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
- Contents:
- Some expert observations
- The trouble with scientists, Part 1
- The certainty principle
- The idiocy of crowds
- The trouble with scientists, Part 2
- Experts and organizations
- Experts and the media
- The Internet and the technology of expertise
- Eleven simple never-fail rules for not being misled by experts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780316023788
- 0316023787
- OCLC:
- 464590337
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