Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain, (Hardcover)

from EowynA

Building on the Freakonomics book franchise, this has advice that helps the reader approach problems with an attitude similar to that shown by the authors. They back up their advice with data based on various studies, footnoted at length. But don't let the extensive notes at the back put you off ...

from lbeaumont

This is a quick and fun read. Talented storytelling brings alive well-tested techniques for problem solving in this third book in the Freakonomics series. The Freakonomics team, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner are well known for their unusual approach to analyzing and solving rather quirky probl...

from Cecilturtle

With their usual wit and clear, concise writing, Levitt and Dubner explain in layman terms the methodology that they used for their now famed Freakenomics series. Illustrated with curious yet compelling examples, it reveals basically two elements: you need lots of data and you need to be curious....

from Rachabake

Think Like a Freak brings up some essential themes for looking at social sciences research in a new light, the most important being how people respond to incentives. If you're looking for a quick book to inspire some new and cool research ideas, thumb though Think Like a Freak, but don't expect t...

from debnance

Why are the Freak books so refreshing? Maybe they tap into that part of us as humans that reminds us that we really don't have everything all figured out, that sometimes people and things act in unexpected ways. Maybe we like that. I don't know, but I do know that I loved reading this book.