Penguin Celebrations: Freakonomics
Penguin : Penguin Celebrations
Paperback : 06 Sep 2007
£7.99
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Synopsis
Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.
Keep up-to-date with the Freakonomists by reading their regular blog: www.freakonomics.com/blog.
Reviews
» Submit a reviewCritic Review:
‘a racy piece of detective work…entertaining and provocative’
Sunday Times
‘[Levitt] is one of those mavericks who appears once in a generation to stand conventional wisdom on its head’
Mail on Sunday
‘Levitt’s approach is inspiring’
Observer
‘each chapter functions as a bit like a puzzle or a detective story’
Independent on Sunday
‘whether the book will change the way we look at the world, of course we can’t be sure. But it will change it for a while’
Guardian - Nicholas Lezard’s Paperback Choice
‘there is a reason for the book’s buzz - it is very intriguing… Freakonomics gives you a new set of tools for looking at the world’
Telegraph
‘Far more fun than a statistical trudge ought to be, the book will help fill any dinner party silences for the rest of the year’
Word Magazine
Product details
Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141035307
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 336
Published : 06 Sep 2007
Publisher : Penguin
Penguin Celebrations: Freakonomics
£7.99
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