How to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room
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How to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room by Jacob Burak
Venture capitalist Jacob Burak explores what it is about our experiences and cultures that reveals the differences as well as the similarities in us as human beings, in the vein of Malcolm Gladwell and Daniel Kahneman.
"An entertaining journey to the peaks and valleys of human natureResearch from cognitive and social psychology you can apply in your day-to-day life."Rolf Dobelli, bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly
Jacob Burak is a Tel Aviv-based writer who draws from psychology, science and art to examine life and human nature. Since retiring from his business career in 2005, Burak has authored four bestsellers: Do Chimpanzees Dream of Retirement (2007), Noise (2009), Why Kamikaze Pilots Wear Helmets (2011) and How to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room (2013). Burak holds a BSc in Engineering and Management from the Technion and studied management at Harvard. He is active in social causes, including the Midot organization that rates the effectiveness of NGOs, and Round-up Israel, which enables credit card users to donate fractions of their purchases. In 2013, Burak founded Alaxon a digital magazine featuring articles on culture, art and popular science, where he writes regularly.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781786780850 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786780852 |
| Title | How to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room |
| Author | Jacob Burak |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Watkins Media Limited |
| Year published | 2017-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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