tanti argomenti tutti interessanti ...
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us and our world. 'Masterpieces in the art of the essay' Steven Pinker, The New York Times 'Beautiful ... brings together the writing that made Gladwell the extraordinary figure he is today ... one of the most imaginative non-fiction writers of his generation' Ian Sample, Guardian 'Chatty, perceptive, impish and amiable ... Comes exuberantly close to ... what goes on inside other people's heads' Philip Womack, Daily Telegraph 'Gladwell makes the world seem fresh and exciting again' Evening Standard
-
Autore:
-
Editore:
-
Anno:2010
-
Rilegatura:Paperback / softback
-
Pagine:432 p.
Recensioni pubblicate senza verifica sull'acquisto del prodotto.
-
michela 15 aprile 2026bellissimo
-
Luigibab 30 ottobre 2025A dazzling collection of stories
A dazzling essay book, in which the favoutite articles, that the author has written in different Moments, are collected. It's divided in three sections: in the first there are the pieces about obsessives and "minor geniuses", in the second the ones in the modes of organizing experience, in the third those regarding forecasts about people. The adventure stories embrace several topics, e.g. tennis players, shampoos, ketchup, airplane and shuttle crashes, mammograms, dog whisperers, job interviews, pitchmen, investment strategies, homelesses, art of failure, talent overestimation, late bloomers, criminals, troublemakers. And several theories are dealt with, ranging from connecting the dots to creeping determinism, from stereotype threat to risk homeostasis, from black swans to withitness through chocking versus panicking and so on. In the end it is a wise grouping of stories and concepts, which the writer has developed and deep dived in his other famous books.
Le schede prodotto sono aggiornate in conformità al Regolamento UE 988/2023. Laddove ci fossero taluni dati non disponibili per ragioni indipendenti da Feltrinelli, vi informiamo che stiamo compiendo ogni ragionevole sforzo per inserirli. Vi invitiamo a controllare periodicamente il sito www.lafeltrinelli.live per eventuali novità e aggiornamenti.
Per le vendite di prodotti da terze parti, ciascun venditore si assume la piena e diretta responsabilità per la commercializzazione del prodotto e per la sua conformità al Regolamento UE 988/2023, nonché alle normative nazionali ed europee vigenti.
Per informazioni sulla sicurezza dei prodotti, contattare productsafety@feltrinelli.it