SuperFreakonomics, Illustrated edition

副标题: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

ISBN: 9780061941221

出版社: William Morrow

出版年: 2010-10-19

页数: 304

定价: USD 40.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Seeing is believing . . . The Smash Hit SuperFreakonomics is now Bigger and Better SuperFreakonomics was an instant New York Times bestseller that caused a media uproar, continuing the amazing success begun with the groundbreaking, worldwide sensation Freakonomics . With the Illustrated Edition, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner bring alive their smart thinking and great storytelling with an explosion of visual evidence, including: A by-the-numbers tally of a high-priced call girl's career, and a tracking sheet from an intensive survey of Chicago street prostitutes. A visual quiz that lets you pit your memory against the memory of a chess grand master. Images of the hurricane-killing machine and other geo-engineering inventions described in SuperFreakonomics . A look into whether doctors are better at saving lives in TV dramas or in real hospitals. Whether probing the intricacies of sex change oper-ations, the effectiveness of child car seats, or what really motivates people to do good, the Illustrated Edition of SuperFreakonomics employs photographs, drawings, and graphs that will lead readers to see the world in a bold, fresh way.

作者简介

作者：(美国)斯蒂夫?列维特 (美国)斯蒂芬?都伯纳 译者：曾贤明

史蒂芬?列维特，芝加哥大学经济学教授，荣获约翰?贝茨?克拉克奖——这是一个只颁发给40岁以下影响力最大的经济学家的奖项。列维特在2006年被《时代》杂志评选为“全球最具影响力的一百人之一”。

史蒂芬?都伯纳，《纽约时报杂志》前撰稿人、编辑。著有《骚动的灵魂》，《一个英雄崇拜者的自白》，另著有儿童图书《长两个肚脐眼的男孩》。

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