Daniel Kahneman was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology Emeritus at Princeton University and a former professor of public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his pioneering work with Amos Tversky on decision-making. He is the author of the international bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow. He died in 2024.
"It is an astonishingly rich book: lucid, profound, full of
intellectual surprises and self-help value. It is consistently
entertaining . . . So impressive is its vision of flawed human
reason that the New York Times columnist David Brooks recently
declared that Kahneman and Tversky's work 'will be remembered
hundreds of years from now, ' and that it is 'a crucial pivot point
in the way we see ourselves.'"
--Jim Holt, The New York Times Book Review "There have been many
good books on human rationality and irrationality, but only one
masterpiece. That masterpiece is Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast
and Slow . . . This is one of the greatest and most engaging
collections of insights into the human mind I have read."
--William Easterly, Financial Times "I will never think about
thinking quite the same. [Thinking, Fast and Slow] is a monumental
achievement."
--Roger Lowenstein, Bloomberg/Businessweek "Brilliant . . . It is
impossible to exaggerate the importance of Daniel Kahneman's
contribution to the understanding of the way we think and choose.
He stands among the giants, a weaver of the threads of Charles
Darwin, Adam Smith and Sigmund Freud. Arguably the most important
psychologist in history, Kahneman has reshaped cognitive
psychology, the analysis of rationality and reason, the
understanding of risk and the study of happiness and
well-being."
--Janice Gross Stein, The Globe and Mail "Everyone should read
Thinking, Fast and Slow."
--Jesse Singal, Boston Globe "[Thinking, Fast and Slow] is
wonderful. To anyone with the slightest interest in the workings of
his own mind, it is so rich and fascinating that any summary would
seem absurd."
--Michael Lewis, Vanity Fair "Profound . . . As Copernicus removed
the Earth from the centre of the universe and Darwin knocked humans
off their biological perch, Mr. Kahneman has shown that we are not
the paragons of reason we assume ourselves to be."
--The Economist "[A] tour de force of psychological insight,
research explication and compelling narrative that brings together
in one volume the high points of Mr. Kahneman's notable
contributions, over five decades, to the study of human judgment,
decision-making and choice . . . Thanks to the elegance and force
of his ideas, and the robustness of the evidence he offers for
them, he has helped us to a new understanding of our divided
minds--and our whole selves."
--Christoper F. Chabris, The Wall Street Journal "A major
intellectual event . . . The work of Kahneman and Tversky was a
crucial pivot point in the way we see ourselves."
--David Brooks, The New York Times "For anyone interested in
economics, cognitive science, psychology, and, in short, human
behavior, this is the book of the year. Before Malcolm Gladwell and
Freakonomics, there was Daniel Kahneman, who invented the field of
behavior economics, won a Nobel . . . and now explains how we think
and make choices. Here's an easy choice: read this."
--The Daily Beast "Daniel Kahneman is one of the most original and
interesting thinkers of our time. There may be no other person on
the planet who better understands how and why we make the choices
we make. In this absolutely amazing book, he shares a lifetime's
worth of wisdom presented in a manner that is simple and engaging,
but nonetheless stunningly profound. This book is a must read for
anyone with a curious mind."
--Steven D. Levitt, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service
Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago; co-author of
Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics "Thinking, Fast and Slow is a
masterpiece--a brilliant and engaging intellectual saga by one of
the greatest psychologists and deepest thinkers of our time.
Kahneman should be parking a Pulitzer next to his Nobel Prize."
--Daniel Gilbert, Harvard University Professor of Psychology,
author of Stumbling on Happiness, host of the award-winning PBS
television series "This Emotional Life" "This is a landmark book in
social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam
Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud."
--Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan "Daniel Kahneman is among
the most influential psychologists in history and certainly the
most important psychologist alive today. He has a gift for
uncovering remarkable features of the human mind, many of which
have become textbook classics and part of the conventional wisdom.
His work has reshaped social psychology, cognitive science, the
study of reason and of happiness, and behavioral economics, a field
that he and his collaborator Amos Tversky helped to launch. The
appearance of Thinking, Fast and Slow is a major event."
--Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor of Psychology, Harvard
University, and author of How the Mind Works and The Better Angels
of our Nature
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