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Levitt is a master at drawing counter-intuitive conclusions . . . great fun . . . Superfreakonomics travels further than its predecessor (Tom Standage, Sunday Times )
There's material here not just for one conversation, but for several (Daily Mail )
A humdinger of a book: page-turning, politically incorrect and ever-so-slightly intoxicating, like a large swig of tequila (The Times )
Levitt and Dubner's zeal for statistical anomalies is as undimmed as their eye for a good story . . . lie back and let Levitt and Dubner's bouncy prose style carry you along from one peculiarity to the next (Sunday Telegraph )
Diagrams, charts and photos alongside the original text explain how things like the Endangered Species Act endangered species and why real people don't behave like people in labs. It's a very cool edition of a very smart book. (BBC Focus )
The new illustrated version of Superfreakonomics, the world's No 1 best-seller - written by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner - uses the dull subject of economics to analyse unusual subjects with astonishing effect. (The Sun )
Journalist Stephen J Dubner and his co-author, the economist Steven D Levitt, have enraged everyone from climate-change activists to child-safety campaigners by applying rational economic thinking to emotive subjects. (Emily Dugan The Independent on Sunday )
There's material here not just for one conversation, but for several (Daily Mail )
A humdinger of a book: page-turning, politically incorrect and ever-so-slightly intoxicating, like a large swig of tequila (The Times )
Levitt and Dubner's zeal for statistical anomalies is as undimmed as their eye for a good story . . . lie back and let Levitt and Dubner's bouncy prose style carry you along from one peculiarity to the next (Sunday Telegraph )
Diagrams, charts and photos alongside the original text explain how things like the Endangered Species Act endangered species and why real people don't behave like people in labs. It's a very cool edition of a very smart book. (BBC Focus )
The new illustrated version of Superfreakonomics, the world's No 1 best-seller - written by economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner - uses the dull subject of economics to analyse unusual subjects with astonishing effect. (The Sun )
Journalist Stephen J Dubner and his co-author, the economist Steven D Levitt, have enraged everyone from climate-change activists to child-safety campaigners by applying rational economic thinking to emotive subjects. (Emily Dugan The Independent on Sunday )
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Bigger, better and more controversial, the international bestselling Freakquel is here in a super-deluxe, super-illustrated edition.
Steven Levitt, the original rogue economist, and Stephen Dubner look deeper, question harder and uncover even more hidden truths about our world, from terrorism to shark attacks, cable TV to hurricanes. They ask, among other things:
What's a sure-fire way to catch a terrorist?
Are people hard-wired for altruism or selfishness?
Which cancer does chemotherapy work best for?
Why is saving the planet easier than we think?
With this illustrated edition, Levitt and Dubner bring alive their unique analysis and storytelling with an explosion of visual evidence to reveal the world in a bold, new way. Seeing is believing...
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Format:Hardcover
The authors obviously had a lot of fun compiling the data for this book. In general the illustrations do add to the enjoyment of the book, although a few are irrelevant to the text such as the amazing defecatory ability of the gentoo penguin.
Inevitably with this type of book, it is often bitty, which can be tiresome. But, in the case of the obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis, who saved the lives of many childbearing mothers, there is a follow-up to tell the reader what happened next. Unfortunately, his theory was not believed, the death rate allowed to climb to the previous appalling levels, and he was committed to an asylum.
Analysis, outside the numbers, tends to be superficial. This can be seen, for example, in the lists of things once considered repugnant, but now are accepted, and vice-versa: any possibility of profound comment thereon is studiously avoided.
Two of the subjects they do cover in some detail, and interestingly, are vaccinations and Chicago prostitution.
Most of Chapter 5 is different from the rest in being more of a homage, in this case to Nathan Myhrvold and his company Intellectual Ventures.
In spite of a certain amount of bittiness and superficiality, the authors write interestingly and with great pizzazz, making an enjoyable book for dipping into.
Inevitably with this type of book, it is often bitty, which can be tiresome. But, in the case of the obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis, who saved the lives of many childbearing mothers, there is a follow-up to tell the reader what happened next. Unfortunately, his theory was not believed, the death rate allowed to climb to the previous appalling levels, and he was committed to an asylum.
Analysis, outside the numbers, tends to be superficial. This can be seen, for example, in the lists of things once considered repugnant, but now are accepted, and vice-versa: any possibility of profound comment thereon is studiously avoided.
Two of the subjects they do cover in some detail, and interestingly, are vaccinations and Chicago prostitution.
Most of Chapter 5 is different from the rest in being more of a homage, in this case to Nathan Myhrvold and his company Intellectual Ventures.
In spite of a certain amount of bittiness and superficiality, the authors write interestingly and with great pizzazz, making an enjoyable book for dipping into.
Format:Hardcover
Glad I went for the illustrated version of this book. It adds so much more to the enjoyment of it. Thoroughly recommend.
Format:Hardcover
Freakonomics and Superfreakonomics are great reads - but (unavoidably) repetitive. The Illustrated edition counters the repetitivity by allowing the reader to distract, punctuate and enhance their enjoyment and understanding of the text with excellent graphics.
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