Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is "The Hidden Half"--those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures--but we're idiots about how clever we really are. This entertaining and ingenious book reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result--from GDP figures to medicine--is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world.

Author: Michael Blastland
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
Published: 10/01/2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781786496393


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 08/24/2020
Foreword 08/26/2020

About the Author
Michael Blastland is a writer and broadcaster. He is the author of The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life, and the coauthor of The Norm Chronicles.