The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World

Lewis, Michael

£10.99

‘There are geniuses who work on their own. Together, we are exceptional.’ Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky met in war-torn 1960s Israel. Both were gifted young psychology professors: Kahneman a rootless son of holocaust survivors who saw the world as a problem to be solved; Tversky a voluble, instinctive blur of energy. In this book, Michael Lewis tells the story of how their unlikely friendship became one of the greatest partnerships in science – until, tragically, it started to unravel.

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Publish Date: 31/10/2017

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THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHORT AND FLASH BOYS

‘A gripping account of how two psychologists reshaped the way we think … What a story it is’ Sunday Times
‘You’ll love it … full of surprises and no small degree of tragedy’ Tim Harford

In 1969 two men met on a university campus. Their names were Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. They were different in every way. But they were both obsessed with the human mind – and both happened to be geniuses. Together, they would change the way we see the world.

‘An enchanted collaboration … During the final pages, I was blinking back tears’ The New York Times

‘My favourite writer full stop. Engages both heart and brain like no other’ Daily Telegraph

‘Brilliant, a wonderful book, a masterclass’ Spectator

‘Psychology’s Lennon and McCartney … Lewis is exactly the storyteller they deserve’ Observer

Additional information

Weight 269 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 21 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

360

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

612.82330922 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K