The Hidden Half: The Unseen Forces that Influence Everything Cognitive Science and firsthand accounts

and firsthand accounts

returning each day to his bland life and wife

The story of Elephant and his struggles with sharing is told through accessible text and vibrant illustrations

as they compete in the annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts of Panem against one another

to chocolate tamales for Cinco de Mayo

The Hidden Half: The Unseen Forces that Influence Everything Cognitive Science and firsthand accountsWhy does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is "The Hidden Half"those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creaturesbut we're idiots about how clever we really are. This entertaining and ingenious book reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The resultfrom GDP figures to medicineis