Blink
The Power of Thinking Without ThinkingFull Description
In his landmark bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work-in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others?In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance.
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Critical Praise
"Gladwell's real genius is as a storyteller. He's like an omniscient, many-armed Hindu god of anecdotes: he plucks them from every imaginable field of human endeavor."
-TIME
"Malcolm Gladwell has written a book about the power of first impressions, and every review, including this one, is going to begin with the reviewer's first impression of the book. Mine was: Boffo," and ends it saying, "If you want to trust my snap judgment, buy this book: you'll be delighted."
-New York Times Book Review
"Gifted storyteller, able to find memorable characters and delightful anecdotes wherever he goes."
-Wall Street Journal
"Readable and intriguing" work that will "start us thinking in new ways about how we think."
-USA Today
"Concise and provocative"
-Business Week
BLINK is "compelling" raves Wired Magazine
BLINK by Malcolm Gladwell "gift for translating big ideas into clean, accessible prose."
-Best Life Magazine
Malcolm Gladwell "again shows himself to be a consummate casebuilder."
-The Christian Science Monitor
- Category:
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, SELF-HELP
- Format:
- HARDCOVER BOOK
- Publish Date:
- 1/11/2005
- Price:
- $25.95/$37.95
- ISBN:
- 9780316172325
- Pages:
- 288
- Size:
- 5-3/8" x 8"
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