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The tipping point how little things can make a big difference

New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. These are social epidemics, and the moment when they take off, when they reac...

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Main Author: Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York : Time Warner AudioBooks, p2005.
Edition: Abridged.
Subjects:
Social change.
Social psychology.
Contagion (Social psychology)
Causation.
Context effects (Psychology)
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
Summary: New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. These are social epidemics, and the moment when they take off, when they reach their critical mass, is the Tipping Point.
Item Description: Compact disc.
Subtitle from container.
Physical Description: 3 sound discs (3 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Issued also on cassette.
ISBN: 1586217453 :
Author Notes: In 2005, Time named Malcolm Gladwell one of its 100 most influential people. He is the author of three books, each of which reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. They are: The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. His fourth book, What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures was published in 2009.

He is a is a British-born Canadian journalist and author. Gladwell was a reporter for the Washington Post from 1987 to 1996, working first as a science writer and then as New York City bureau chief. Since 1996, he has been a staff writer for The New Yorker. He graduated with a degree in history from the University of Toronto's Trinity College in 1984.

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