Errornomics: Why We Make Mistakes and What We Can Do to Avoid Them

Author(s): Joseph T Hallinan

Psychology

How did security staff at LA International Airport miss 75 per cent of bomb-making materials that went through screening? Which way should you turn before joining a supermarket queue? Why should a woman hope it was a man who witnessed her bag being snatched? And what possessed Burt Reynolds to punch a guy with no legs? Human beings can be stubbornly irrational and wilfully blind ...but at least we're predictably wrong. From minor lapses (why we're so likely to forget passwords) to life-threatening blunders (why anaesthetists used to maim their patients), Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joseph T. Hallinan explains the everyday mistakes that shape our lives, and what we can do to prevent them happening.

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A smart, engaging and eye-opening explanation of why we make mistakes and what we can do to avoid them

Joseph T. Hallinan, a former writer for The Wall Street Journal, is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Chicago with his wife and children.

General Fields

  • : 9780091932633
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Ebury Press
  • : 0.196
  • : August 2009
  • : 198mm X 127mm X 17mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Joseph T Hallinan
  • : Paperback
  • : 158
  • : 288
  • : Popular psychology