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Author: Jean-Francois Marmion ,
Jean-Francois Marmion
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Pan Books
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.267kg
ISBN: 9781529053869
ISBN 10: 1529053862
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 20 January 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
We need books like this one -- Steven Pinker I was totally hooked. Everybody loves it. * La Grande Librairie * A very clever book. * Le Canard Enchaîné * Can you study stupidity? The answer is a resounding YES. * Le Quotidien * Entertaining and instructive. * France Inter * Clear and accessible to everyone * Lire * A comprehensive and witty inquiry into human folly in its myriad forms . . . [with a] wealth of insights . . . Urgent and transformative, this compendium will leave readers equally amused, appalled, and enlightened. * Publishers Weekly * Are people getting dumber, or does it just look that way? . . . A smart collection. * Kirkus Reviews * Remarkably comprehensive and accessible . . . The book has an easygoing, colloquial feel to it. . . . An illuminating look at a subject that is more complex than it might appear to be. * Booklist * Fascinating . . . From morons to idiots to *ssholes, they’re all here. * News24, South Africa * A blunt and sometimes hilarious examination of human error. * Business Day, South Africa *
We need books like this one -- Steven Pinker I was totally hooked. Everybody loves it. * La Grande Librairie * A very clever book. * Le Canard Enchaine * Can you study stupidity? The answer is a resounding YES. * Le Quotidien * Entertaining and instructive. * France Inter * Clear and accessible to everyone * Lire * A comprehensive and witty inquiry into human folly in its myriad forms . . . [with a] wealth of insights . . . Urgent and transformative, this compendium will leave readers equally amused, appalled, and enlightened. * Publishers Weekly * Are people getting dumber, or does it just look that way? . . . A smart collection. * Kirkus Reviews * Remarkably comprehensive and accessible . . . The book has an easygoing, colloquial feel to it. . . . An illuminating look at a subject that is more complex than it might appear to be. * Booklist * Fascinating . . . From morons to idiots to *ssholes, they're all here. * News24, South Africa * A blunt and sometimes hilarious examination of human error. * Business Day, South Africa *
Author Information
Jean-François Marmion (editor) is a psychologist, an associate editor of the French journal Sciences Humaines [Social Sciences], and a former editor-in-chief of the French magazine Le Cercle Psy [Psychological Circle]. He lives in France, where The Psychology of Stupidity was a number one bestseller.
