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
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Freedman, David H., 1954-
- Language
- English.
- Published
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
- Physical Description
- 295 p. ; 25 cm.
Subjects
- Subject
- Expertise > Social aspects.
- Trust > Social aspects.
- Reliability.
- Error.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- David H. Freedman.
- Content
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780316023788
- 0316023787
Holdings
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Volume Info |
Shelving Location |
Public Note |
Book | OSA Archivum Library | General collection | 001 FRE | | OSA Repository | Donation of School of Public Policy. |
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