Good thinking what you need to know to be smarter, safer, wealthier, and wiser

"Critical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. Harrison demonstrates in a detailed fashion how to sort through bad ideas, unfounded claims, and bogus information to drill down to the most salient facts. By explaining how the human brain works, and outing its most irrational pr...

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Main Author: Harrison, Guy P. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
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