The Irish Paradox: How and Why We Are Such a Contradictory People 9780717166077, 9780717166053, 0717166074

In his search for the answer to this question, `What makes Irish people think the way they do?' and the key to the

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The Irish Paradox: How and Why We Are Such a Contradictory People
9780717166077, 9780717166053, 0717166074

Two summers ago, scientists removed a tiny piece of flesh from Philip Ball’s arm and turned it into a rudimentary “mini-

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In The Ostrich Paradox, Wharton professors Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther draw on years of teaching and research to

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A revolutionary and timely reconsideration of everything we know about power. Celebrated UC Berkeley psychologist Dr. Da

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The American who shows a distaste for civic responsibility and whose great aim in life is comfort and ease is a greater

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What Are the Chances? reveals how psychology and neuroscience explain the significance of the idea of luck. Barbara Blat

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Social mobility needs a re-boot. The narrow, economistic way of measuring it favoured by politicians and academics is un

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