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Harvard Book Store Presents...
William Morrow & Co
Price: $29.99
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STEPHEN DUBNER
discusses
SuperFreakonomics:
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and
Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
$5 tickets are on sale now.
Harvard Book Store is thrilled to welcome journalist STEPHEN DUBNER as he takes us inside SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. After the astounding success of 2005's Freakonomics, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt return with another examination of the hidden patterns and behaviors behind everyday phenomena. 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? Combining their rigorous economic approach with their signature wit and curiosity, Levitt and Dubner decipher data so that it's not only compelling but entirely readable, while questioning everything from the common notion that good E.R. doctors save significantly more lives than bad ones to the idea that terrorists come from poor families and are poorly educated. They even conduct experiments of their own, challenging the popular belief that kids are safer in car seats than seatbelts in major collisions. Each chapter offers unique insight into actual, and often surprising, human behaviors—delving into the hidden agendas of nearly every individual, and the incentives that drive them.
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617.661.1515
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Thursday, October 29th |
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8:00 PM |
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First Parish Church Meetinghouse
On the corner of Mass. Ave. and Church St.
Cambridge |
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$5 tickets are ON SALE NOW, and are available online at www.harvard.com, at Harvard Book Store, and over the phone with a credit card (617.661.1515)
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Stephen Dubner is an award-winning writer and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous major publications over the years, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. His has written several previous books, including Choosing My Religion: A Memoir of a Family Beyond Belief (originally published as Turbulent Souls), Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper and the international bestseller Freakonomics, which he co-wrote with Steven Levitt. His awards include the inaugural Quill Award for best business book, a Visionary Award from the National Council on Economic Education, a BookSense Book of the Year Award , all for Freakonomics. He also had both Turbulent Souls and Freakonomics chosen as Notable Books of the Year by The New York Times, in 1998 and 2005 respectively.
Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada
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