Quirkology : how we discover the big truths in small things /
Presents unusual aspects of human behavior as revealed in psychological experiments, examining such issues as how jokes are evaluated as being funny, what makes people willing to help those in need and what makes some personal ads more successful than others.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2007]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | Presents unusual aspects of human behavior as revealed in psychological experiments, examining such issues as how jokes are evaluated as being funny, what makes people willing to help those in need and what makes some personal ads more successful than others. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780465090792 0465090796 |