Quirkology How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things

Name: Quirkology How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things
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ISBN: 9780465010233

ISBN-10: 0465010237

ISBN-13: 9780465010233

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Authors: Richard Wiseman

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For over twenty years, psychologist Richard Wiseman has examined the quirky science of everyday life. In Quirkology, he navigates the oddities of human behavior, explaining the tell-tale signs that give away a liar, the secret science behind speed-dating and personal ads, and what a person's sense of humor reveals about the innermost workings of his or her mindall along paying tribute to others who have carried out similarly weird and wonderful work. Wiseman's research has involved secretly observing people as they go about their daily business, conducting unusual experiments in art exhibitions and music concerts, and even staging fake seances in allegedly haunted buildings. With thousands…

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List price: $21.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 9/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.748



List of Figures


Prologue: The Mysterious Q-Test


Introduction: Exploring the Backwaters of the Human Brain



What Does Your Date of Birth Really Say About You?: The New Science of Chronopsychology



Trust Everyone, but Always Cut the Cards: The Psychology of Lying and Deception



Believing Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Psychology Enters the Twilight Zone



Making Your Mind Up: The Strange Science of Decision Making



The Scientific Search for the World's Funniest Joke: Explorations into the Psychology of Humor



Sinner or Saint?: The Psychology of When We Help and When We Hinder



The Pace of Life and Other Quirkological Oddities: The Future of Quirkology


Afterword: How to Pep Up the Dullest of Dinner Parties


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index