the undoing project michael lewis summary

The story of two trailblazers who will leave/ have left the world a better place as a result of their work. The whole is greater than sum of the parts is as true in Academia as it is anywhere else in life. Yes, it opened my mind to collaboration between scholars as being completely equal. Which character – as performed by Dennis Boutsikaris – was your favourite?Īmos was the most compelling and intriguiung character as you don't feel you get to understand or see all of his emotional levels.ĭid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? How Danny Kahneman and Amos Tversky's experiences of the Holocaust (and War in Israel's military) fundamentally shaped who they were was it these experinces that fostered characters destined to be collaborators together as much as it created people that would inevitably tear apart from one another?! What was one of the most memorable moments of The Undoing Project? Its about the lives of the two men themselves. The best philosophical biography i have ever read/ listened to The Undoing Project is not really a book about the science that Tversky and Kanneman became famous for. Where does The Undoing Project rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

So much for the single market!Ī powerful and evocative story of twinned minds I can't review them on the UK site, but I thought I would flag up that there is a different selection of Audio-books in the 'Paris Store', so you might want to check that out.

By the way, I've recently downloaded and audioed 'Winter is Coming' by Gary Kasparov and 'The Euro' by Jospeh Stiglizt from - the French website. If you haven't read the Kahneman yet, you definitely should and then read this, assuming the 400+ pages of Kahneman left you wanting more (which is the normal reaction, I believe.) No point in me repeating that ML is a great writer and story teller, but it probably is worth saying that the narration by Dennis Boutsikaris is of that 6-star quality that leaves you feeling sorry for people who read the hard copy version to themselves. In Moneyball, Michael Lewis examined Oaklands 'A' statistical approach to building a winning baseball team and how it made a huge impact in the world of sports and popular culture. If you loved Daniel Kahneman's 'Thinking Fast and Slow', you will enjoy this biography + elaboration from Michael Lewis. Summary - The Undoing Project by Rapid-Summary, 9781985628755, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

The undoing project michael lewis summary