Superfreakonomics

Type

Book

Authors

Levitt, Steven D.,Dubner, Stephen J.

ISBN 10

1554686083

ISBN 13

9781554686087

Tags

Life

Description

From the Publisher: Freakonomics was a worldwide sensation, selling more than four million copies. Now Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics ... SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have in common? Are people hardwired for altruism or selfishness? Can eating kangaroo save the planet? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically.

Biblio Notes

Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Steven D Levitt; Stephen J Dubner
ISBN: 9780060889579 0060889578
OCLC Number: 317925384
Description: xvii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
Contents: How is a street prostitute like a department-store santa? --
Why should suicide bombers buy life insurance? --
Unbelievable stories about apathy and altruism --
The chlorine solution and the jellyfish fix --
What do Al Gore and Mount Pinatubo have in common? --
Epilogue : monkeys are people too.
Responsibility: Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.

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