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001 2014931470
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008 140122s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aBF611$b.P67 2014
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100 1 $aPoundstone, William,$eauthor.
245 10 $aRock breaks scissors :$ba practical guide to outguessing and outwitting almost everybody /$cWilliam Poundstone.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c2014.
300 $aviii, 302 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index.
505 0 $aThe outguessing machine -- The randomness experiment. The zenith broadcast ; How to outguess rock, paper, scissors ; How to outguess multiple-choice tests ; How to outguess the lottery ; How to outguess tennis serves ; How to outguess baseball and football ; How to outguess soccer penalty kicks ; How to outguess card games ; How to outguess passwords ; How to outguess crowd-sourced ratings ; How to outguess fake numbers ; How to outguess manipulated numbers ; How to outguess Ponzi schemes -- The hot hand theory. In the zone ; How to outguess basketball bracket pools ; How to outguess office football pools ; How to outguess Oscar pools ; How to outguess big data ; How to outguess retail prices ; How to outguess home prices ; How to outguess the future ; How to outguess the stock market -- Fortune's wheel.
520 $a"Rock breaks scissors is based on a simple principle: people are unable to act randomly. Instead they display unconscious patterns that the savvy person can outguess. The principle applies to friends playing rock, paper, scissors for a bar tab as well as to the crowds that create markets for homes and stocks. With a gift for distilling psychology and behavioral economics into accessible advice, Poundstone proves that outguessing is easy, fun, and often profitable"--Dust jacket flap.
650 0 $aPrediction (Psychology)
650 0 $aChoice (Psychology)
650 0 $aHuman behavior.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1414/2014931470-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1414/2014931470-d.html