Errornomics: Why We Make Mistakes and What We Can Do to Avoid Them
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- 出版社 Ebury
- 出版时间 2009年8月
- ISBN 9780091932633
- 定价 67.10
内容简介
HowdidsecuritystaffatLAInternationalAirportmiss75percentofbomb-makingmaterialsthatwentthroughscreening?Whichwayshouldyouturnbeforejoiningasupermarketqueue?Whyshouldawomanhopeitwasamanwhowitnessedherbagbeingsnatched?AndwhatpossessedBurtReynoldstopunchaguywithnolegs?Humanbeingscanbestubbornlyirrationalandwilfullyblind...butatleastwe'repredictablywrong.Fromminorlapses(whywe'resolikelytoforgetpasswords)tolife-threateningblunders(whyanaesthetistsusedtomaimtheirpatients),Pulitzer-PrizewinningjournalistJosephT.Hallinanexplainstheeverydaymistakesthatshapeourlives,andwhatwecandotopreventthemhappening.
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