Thinking in Pictures

Adventures in Trying to be Smart

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

'One of the most original writers around. He has profoundly influenced my thinking.' Hannah Fry Why thinking in pictures? Short answer: because the words seem to need help. If you sample the many smart-thinking books to hit the shelves recently, they all promise a smarter, more rational you, and it all seems just pages away. But if the books are that good, why are there so many? And have they succeeded in moving the dial of people's reasoning? Using illustrations and photographs, Michael Blastland shows how pictures can help put ideas to the test, making them vivid, showing them in action. Part guide, part gallery, Thinking in Pictures is a brilliantly original and witty introduction to smart-thinking - how to use it and when to question it - for anyone trying to make sense of a puzzling world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-08-17
Mått:158 x 196 x 35 mm
Vikt:1 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Atlantic Books
ISBN:9781838957469

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Michael Blastland is a writer and broadcaster. He was the originator and first producer of BBC Radio 4's More or Less, Britain's most authoritative guide to numbers and evidence in public argument. He is the bestselling author of The Tiger That Isn't, which he co-authored with Andrew Dilnot, and The Hidden Half. He also wrote The Norm Chronicles, co-authored with Professor David Spiegelhalter.

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If you want to think not just fast and slow, but broadly and deeply, wisely and insightfully, outside the box and inside it, it's hard to think of a better book - or a better author - than this.

Innehållsförteckning

1: Why thinking in pictures? 2: Unjoin your dots 3: Un-count your sheep 4: But count in human 5: Beware nature's fake news 6: But treasure the funnies 7: Focus, but don't 8: Draw the tiger 9: Mind your pictures 10: Think bad thoughts 11: Think twice upon a time 12: Think in bets 13: Don't trust 14: Get a new attitude 15: Last thoughts