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"Brilliant....Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncertainty and the limits of human reason." — William Easterly, Wall Street Journal
Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original papers that invented the field of behavioral economics. One of the greatest partnerships in the history of science, Kahneman and Tversky’s extraordinary friendship incited a revolution in Big Data studies, advanced evidence-based medicine, led to a new approach to government regulation, and made much of Michael Lewis’s own work possible. In The Undoing Project, Lewis shows how their Nobel Prize–winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.
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"Tantalizing and tender… Lewis is an irresistible storyteller and a master at illuminating complicated and fascinating subjects." Booklist (Starred Review)
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"Lewis [is a] master of the character-driven narrative." Charlie Gofen, The National Book Review
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"Michael Lewis has a genius for finding stories about people who view reality from an unusual angle and telling these stories in a compulsively readable way." Geoffrey Kabat, Forbes
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"Intellectually mesmerizing and inspiring." Harper's Bazaar
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"Brilliant… Lewis has given us a spectacular account of two great men who faced up to uncertainty and the limits of human reason." William Easterly, Wall Street Journal
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"Whatever subject strikes his fancy, Lewis renders it clear and understandable while showcasing its human drama. In the realm of exalted journalistic wizardry, he is surely kin to Tracy Kidder and Malcolm Gladwell." Dan Cryer, Boston Globe
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"Fascinating stories about intriguing people." Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, The New Yorker
About the Author
Michael Lewis, is the best-selling author of Liar’s Poker, Moneyball, The Blind Side, and Flash Boys. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children.