Being wrong : adventures in the margin of error /
Journalist "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift -- one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco,
[2010]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | Journalist "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift -- one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, and, most profoundly, ourselves." |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-391) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780061176043 0061176044 9780061176050 (pbk.) 0061176052 (pbk.) |