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020			_a9781846147890
082			_a153.42 _bLEV/T
100			_aLevitt,Steven D
245			_aThink like a freak : how to think smarter about almost everything
260			_aNew York _bAllen Lane _c2014
300			_a268p.
520			_aThis is a smartly written book that uses data to challenge the conventional wisdom. From basic and daily questions to complex questions, the book offers simple solutions to all of them. This is a life changing book which makes you ponder over these situations and look at things from a different angle. Think Like A Freak: How To Think Smarter About Almost Everything makes you think more than the usual time one spends on thinking over questions and problems. It puts across interesting insight from its topics like The Upside of Quitting, If You Have No Talent, Follow Levitt's Path to Success, Put Your Moral Compass in Your Pocket and Just Because You're Great at Something Doesn't Mean You're Good at Everything. Questions like how to persuade people who don't want to be persuaded, does marriage make you happy, who is easier to fool: kids or adults and more are answered in the book. Think Like A Freak: How To Think Smarter About Almost Everything opens your horizons of common thinking and encourages you to think smarter. This book is another breakthrough effort of the authors directed at society's taboos. The book is different from their first two novels as it focusses on the attitude of people towards problems and questions. The book shares interesting stories like that of an Australian doctor who proved wrong the conventional norm of ulcers being associated with spicy food and more such stories
650			_aThought and thinking _aProblem solving _aCognitive psychology _aThought and thinking--Social aspects
700			_aDubner,Stephen J
942			_cBK
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