Account

Company

  Menu
Large Image

Share This

Description

New, 21st anniversary edition, with a new foreword by Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science and Bad Pharma, and an afterword by James Ball, covering developments in our understanding of irrationality over the last two decades.

Why do doctors, army generals, high-ranking government officials and other people in positions of power make bad decisions that cause harm to others? Why do prizes serve no useful function? Why are punishments so ineffective? Why is interviewing such an unsatisfactory method of selection?

Irrationality is a challenging and thought-provoking book that draws on statistical concepts, probability theory and a mass of intriguing research to expose the failings of human reasoning, judgement and intuition. The author explores the inconsistencies of human behaviour, and discovers why even the experts find it so hard to make rational and unbiased decisions.

Written with clarity and occasional flashes of wry humour, this classic volume is just as relevant today as when it was first written twenty-one years ago.

Tag This Book

This Book Has Been Tagged
It hasn't. Be the first to tag this book!

Our Recommendation

Get It This book is at its lowest price within the past year.

Notify Me When The Price...

  • If I'm already tracking this book

to track this book on eReaderIQ.

Track These Authors

to track Stuart Sutherland on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by Stuart Sutherland.
  • to stop tracking Stuart Sutherland.

to track James Ball on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by James Ball.
  • to stop tracking James Ball.

to track Ben Goldacre on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by Ben Goldacre.
  • to stop tracking Ben Goldacre.

Price Summary

  • We started tracking this book on August 12, 2013.
  • This book was £4.99 when we started tracking it.
  • The price of this book has changed 27 times in the past 4,323 days.
  • The current price of this book is £4.99 last checked 4 hours ago.
  • This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
  • The lowest price to date was £1.99 last reached on February 28, 2014.
  • This book has been £1.99 one time since we started tracking it.
  • The highest price to date was £5.81 last reached on May 15, 2025.
  • This book has been £5.81 11 times since we started tracking it.

Additional Info

  • Text-to-Speech: Disabled
  • Lending: Disabled
  • Print Length: 399 Pages
  • File Size: 20 KB

We last verified the price of this book about 4 hours ago. At that time, the price was £4.99. This price is subject to change. The price displayed on the Amazon.co.uk website at the time of purchase is the price you will pay for this book. Please confirm the price before making any purchases.