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Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 317 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan isn't one to avoid arguments. He relishes them, as the lifeblood of democracy and the only surefire way to establish the truth. Arguments help us solve problems, uncover new ideas we might not have considered, and nudge our disagreements toward mutual understanding. A good argument, made in good faith, has intrinsic value-and can also simply be fun. Arguments are everywhere-and especially given the fierce debates we're all embroiled...
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses how the concept of common sense is inadequate in an increasingly complex world and draws on multiple disciplines to offer insight into the sources of such topics as popularity, economics, and self-deception.
Author
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
157 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume, but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life. Most of us don't want to think, writes the American essayist Alan Jacobs. Thinking is trouble. It can force us out of familiar, comforting habits, and it can complicate our relationships with like-minded friends. Finally, thinking is slow, and that's a problem when our habits...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Why do we catch colds? What causes seasons to change? And if you fire a bullet from a gun and drop one from your hand, which bullet hits the ground first? In a pinch we almost always get these questions wrong. Worse, we regularly misconstrue fundamental qualities of the world around us. In Scienceblind, cognitive and developmental psychologist Andrew Shtulman shows that the root of our misconceptions lies in the theories about the world we develop...
Author
Publisher
Debols!llo
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
666 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
Español
Description
Get to know your brain and learn to avoid troublesome 'glitches' as you explore the two engines that drive the mind and learn how to use quick and slow thinking to your advantage.
Daniel Kahneman, uno de los pensadores más importantes del mundo, recibió el premio Nobel de Economía por su trabajo pionero en psicología sobre el modelo racional de la toma de decisiones. Sus ideas han tenido un profundo impacto en campos tan diversos como la economía,...
32) Saying no
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines, in simple text and illustrations, situations when saying no is an appropriate response and situations when it is the wrong thing to say.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be--but aren't--providing"--
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join in the excitement as unlikely competitors Max Hare and Toby Tortoise challenge each other to a foot race. Max is confident he will win, so he takes time out to flirt with some cute bunnies, he shows off his skills in other sports and takes a break for a nap. But when he hears the crowd roar for Toby, who has slowly and steadily kept to the course, Max must make a last-minute dash for victory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholasic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Spanish Edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Conoce a Mono y pastel. Hacen tonterias y son curiosos. Les gusta hacer preguntas importantes. A veces están de acuerdo. A veces, no. Pero siempre son buenos amigos. ¡Averigua qué sucede cuando Mono y Pastel descubren una caja misteriosa! ¿Qué puede haber dentro?
Meet Monkey and Cake. They are silly and they are curious. Sometime they agree and sometimes they do not? But they are always best friends. In this book, Monkey and Cake cannot agree...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In How to Talk to a Science Denier, Lee McIntyre tells the story of his own adventures in talking face to face with science deniers and their victims-including a Flat Earth convention in Denver, coal miners in rural Pennsylvania, and fishermen in the Maldives-and what he learned from the experience"--
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Physical Desc
vi, 271 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
Español
Description
El libro Preparacion Preliminar para la Prueba de GED de Steck-Vaughn: Razonamiento a traves de las Artes del lenguaje se enfoca en las tres destrezas principales de la Prueba de Razonamiento a traves de las Artes del lenguaje de GED. Comprension de lectura - Los estudiantes leen una variedad de textos de ficcion y no ficcion y desarrollan destrezas importantes de lectura y razonamiento critico. Escribir una respuesta extendida - Los estudiantes analizan...
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