SuperFreakonomics
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002TNABPK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 574 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fun and thought provoking! avid reader These guys are side ways thinkers, smart and curious. Probably don't believe everything they say themselves, but I bet their batting average is pretty good. If you like to laugh and challenge your brain, you should check out this book.. Fascinating Examinations of Life's Problems As an engineer I'm fascinated with people's approaches to solving problems. These guys give us plenty to think about. Sometimes though our biggest obstacle is ourselves.. I love this book It contains a few pieces data now discredited, but it is a fountain of thought provoking data. Children's seats. AIDS prevention. It's got it all.
Now, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with SuperFreakonomics, and fans and newcomers alike will find that the freakquel is even bolder, funnier, and more surprising than the first.Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous, driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your salary?SuperFreakonomics challenges the way we think all over again, exploring the hidden side of everything with such questions as: How is a street prostitute like a department-store Santa? Why are doctors so bad at washing their hands? How much good do car seats do? What's the best way to catch a terrorist? Did TV cause a rise in crime? What do hurricanes, heart attacks, and highway deaths have i
Planting lots of treesQuestion 9: 5 points In the 19th century, one of the gravest threats of childbearing was puerperal fever, which was often fatal to mother and child. And much of the remaining decline is thanks to ridiculously inexpensive treatments like aspirin, heparin, ACE inhibitors, and beta-blockers. Roughly half of the decline has come from reductions in risk factors like high cholesterol and high blood pressure, both of which are treated with relatively inexpensive drugs. This was the dawning age of the autopsy, and doctors did not yet know the importance of washing their hands after leaving the autopsy room and entering the delivery room. From Superfreakonomics: Where do you stand on the freak-o-meter?