"In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. Combining the methods of archeology, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, and primatology, he offers a natural history of hierarchies from the point of view of both cultural …
"Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics. "Schelling here offers an early analysis of 'tipping' in social situations involving a large number of individuals." —official citation for the 2005 Nobel Prize. Micromotiv…
Schelling here offers an early analysis of 'tipping' in social situations involving a large number of individuals." official citation for the 2005 Nobel Prize Micromotives and Macrobehavior was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells feel just a…
L'auteur, professeur de physiologie à l'Université de Californie, retrace l'ascension et la chute de l'espèce humaine. Son récit s'organise naturellement en cinq parties : Une espèce de grand mammifère parmi d'autres - Un animal doté d'un étrange cycle vital - Humain, uniquement…
L'auteur, professeur de physiologie à l'Université de Californie, retrace l'ascension et la chute de l'espèce humaine. Son récit s'organise naturellement en cinq parties : Une espèce de grand mammifère parmi d'autres - Un animal doté d'un étrange cycle vital - Humain, uniquement…
A landmark tour of the new science of "idea flow" outlines revolutionary insights into the mysteries of collective intelligence and social influence, explaining the virtually unlimited data sets of today's digital technologies and the considerable accuracy of information from so…
" ... Shows us how we use the brains of others to think for us and as storage space for knowledge about the world"--Jacket. Humans are, first and foremost, social creatures. And this shapes and explains most of our choices. The authors show us how we use the brains of others to…
Why some problems persist while others are resolved. This classic book explores why some people can successfully change their lives and others cannot. Here famed psychologist Paul Watzlawick presents what is still often perceived as a radical idea: that the solutions to our prob…
Why some problems persist while others are resolved. This classic book explores why some people can successfully change their lives and others cannot. Here famed psychologist Paul Watzlawick presents what is still often perceived as a radical idea: that the solutions to our prob…
Called one of the best books ever about human communication, and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying the groundwork for context-based approaches …
