The Invisible Gorilla
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The Invisible Gorilla
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Author : Christopher Chabris
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 2010-05-18
The Invisible Gorilla written by Christopher Chabris and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-18 with Psychology categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Our minds don’t work the way we think they do. Two renowned psychologists explain how and why our intuitions lead us astray, “[spinning] the plain world [we] know into a wonderment of surprising new insights” (Time). “A must-read for anyone who wants to better understand how the mind works.”—Associated Press In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and counterintuitive scientific findings to demonstrate an important truth: We think we see ourselves and the world as they really are, but we’re actually missing a whole lot. Chabris and Simons combine the work of other researchers with their own findings on attention, perception, memory, and reasoning to reveal how faulty intuitions can lead us to make shocking, costly—even life-threatening—mistakes. In the process, they explain: • Why a company would spend billions to launch a product that its own analysts know will fail • Why award-winning movies are full of editing mistakes • What criminals have in common with chess masters • Why measles and other childhood diseases are making a comeback • Why money managers could learn a lot from weather forecasters The Invisible Gorilla reveals the myriad ways that our intuitions can deceive us, but it’s much more than a catalog of human failings. Chabris and Simons explain why we succumb to these everyday illusions and what we can do to inoculate ourselves against their effects. Ultimately, the book provides a kind of x-ray vision into our own minds, making it possible to pierce the veil of illusions that clouds our thoughts and to think clearly for perhaps the first time.
Gorillas In Our Midst
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Author : Christopher Chabris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-06
Gorillas In Our Midst written by Christopher Chabris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06 with categories.
Catalogue to accompany the exhibition Gorillas in Our Midst, at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art), 2019
There Plant Eyes
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Author : M. Leona Godin
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2021-06-01
There Plant Eyes written by M. Leona Godin and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Social Science categories.
From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. “[A] thought-provoking mixture of criticism, memoir, and advocacy." —The New Yorker There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind.” For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil). Godin—who began losing her vision at age ten—illuminates the often-surprising history of both the condition of blindness and the myths and ideas that have grown up around it over the course of generations. She combines an analysis of blindness in art and culture (from King Lear to Star Wars) with a study of the science of blindness and key developments in accessibility (the white cane, embossed printing, digital technology) to paint a vivid personal and cultural history. A genre-defying work, There Plant Eyes reveals just how essential blindness and vision are to humanity’s understanding of itself and the world.
In The Kingdom Of Gorillas
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Author : Bill Weber
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2002-12-03
In The Kingdom Of Gorillas written by Bill Weber and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-03 with Nature categories.
From the founders of the world-famous Mountain Gorilla Project, an empowering account of their efforts to save the mountain gorilla in Rwanda and how they succeeded—even in the midst of a horrendous civil war. In 1978, when Dr. Bill Weber and Dr. Amy Vedder arrived in Rwanda to study mountain gorillas with Dian Fossey, the gorilla population was teetering toward extinction. Poaching was rampant, but it was loss of habitat that most endangered the gorillas. When yet another slice of the Virunga Mountains was targeted for development, Weber and Vedder recognized that the gorillas were doomed unless something was done to save their land. Over Fossey's objections, they helped found the Mountain Gorilla Project. The MGP was designed to educate Rwandans about the gorillas and about the importance of conservation, while at the same time establishing an ecotourism project—one of the first anywhere in a rainforest—to bring desperately needed revenue to Rwanda. In vivid detail, Weber and Vedder describe their experiences getting to know entire families of gorillas, from powerful silverback patriarchs to helpless newborn infants. They tell us about the gorillas they recognized and came to know as individuals, stories both tragic and joyful. They describe a landscape that was heaven one day, green hell the next. And they tell of their discovery of the terrible and mysterious events surrounding Fossey's murder. They explain that the key to saving the mountain gorillas was helping the people of Rwanda—even in the face of a civil war—to share in the benefits of conservation. Rich with details about the gorillas' lives, the realities of conservation, and portraits of ordinary people caught in extraordinary times, this is a riveting adventure story that is sure to take its place among the classic accounts of the world of nature.
The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
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Author : Christopher Chabris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us written by Christopher Chabris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Memory categories.
Monkey Trouble
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Author : Christopher Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-07
Monkey Trouble written by Christopher Peterson and has been published by Fordham University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-07 with Science categories.
According to scholars of the nonhuman turn, the scandal of theory lies in its failure to decenter the human. The real scandal, however, is that we keep trying. The human has become a conspicuous blind spot for many theorists seeking to extend hospitality to animals, plants, and even insentient things. The displacement of the human is essential and urgent, yet given the humanist presumption that animals lack a number of allegedly unique human capacities, such as language, reason, and awareness of mortality, we ought to remain cautious about laying claim to any power to eradicate anthropocentrism altogether. Such a power risks becoming yet another self-accredited capacity thanks to which the human reaffirms its sovereignty through its supposed erasure. Monkey Trouble argues that the turn toward immanence in contemporary posthumanism promotes a cosmocracy that absolves one from engaging in those discriminatory decisions that condition hospitality as such. Engaging with recent theoretical developments in speculative realism and object-oriented ontology, as well as ape and parrot language studies, the book offers close readings of literary works by J.M. Coetzee, Charles Chesnutt, and Walt Whitman and films by Alfonso Cuarón and Lars von Trier. Anthropocentrism, Peterson argues, cannot be displaced through a logic of reversal that elevates immanence above transcendence, horizontality over verticality. This decentering must cultivate instead a human/nonhuman relationality that affirms the immanent transcendency spawned by our phantasmatic humanness.
Sway
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Author : Ori Brafman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-04-30
Sway written by Ori Brafman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-30 with Business & Economics categories.
Why are we more likely to fall in love when we feel in danger? Why would an experienced pilot disregard his training and the rules of the aviation industry, leading to the deadliest airline crash in history? Why do we find it near-impossible to re-evaluate our first impressions of a person or situation, even when the evidence shows we were wrong? Discover the answers in Sway. We all believe we are rational beings, yet the truth is that we're much more prone to irrational behaviour than we realise or like to admit. In this compelling book, Ori and Rom Brafman reveal why. Looking at irrational behaviour in fields as diverse as medicine, archaeology and the legal system, they chart the psychological undercurrents that influence even our most basic decisions. In doing so they draw on the latest research in social psychology and behavioural economics to reveal the irresistible forces that sway us all. Sway is a fascinating insight into the way we all behave and will change the way you view the world.
The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuition Deceives Us
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Author : Christopher Chabris
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2010-06-10
The Invisible Gorilla And Other Ways Our Intuition Deceives Us written by Christopher Chabris and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-10 with Psychology categories.
If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you’d notice it. Wouldn’t you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you’d remember it, right? The Invisible Gorilla is a fascinating look at the unbelievable, yet routine tricks that your brain plays on you.
The Story Of The Pink Gorilla Monster
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Author : Bobby Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2012-02
The Story Of The Pink Gorilla Monster written by Bobby Goldstein and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
This is the true story of a dad gone wild! What happens to a seemingly regular family when the Dad tries to play a trick on them at Halloween? Lots of fun and craziness! Follow this family on a Halloween adventure that's more than just candy and costumes.
Did You Spot The Gorilla
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Author : Richard Wiseman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2004
Did You Spot The Gorilla written by Richard Wiseman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
When a group of volunteers were shown a 30-second film of some people playing basketball and told to count the number of passes, remarkably, almost none of them noticed a man dressed as a gorilla walking into the frame. This book investigates how the same psychological mechanisms cause people to miss opportunities in their lives.