Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
By (Author) Malcolm Gladwell
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
14th February 2006
23rd February 2006
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Popular psychology
Cognition and cognitive psychology
153.44
Paperback
304
Width 129mm, Height 199mm, Spine 17mm
227g
The phenomenal bestseller on the revolutionary power of honing your gut instinct An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. A speed dater clicks with the right person ... This book is all about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why. Here Malcolm Gladwell explores the phenomenon of 'blink', showing how a snap judgement can be far more effective than a cautious decision. By trusting your instincts, he reveals, you'll never think about thinking in the same way again.
Trust my snap judgement, buy this book: you'll be delighted * The New York Times *
Compelling, fiendishly clever * Evening Standard *
Superb . . . this wonderful book should be compulsory reading * New Statesman *
Provocative, fascinating, radical * Financial Times *
Pacey and beguiling * Independent *
Blink might just change your life * Esquire *
Astonishing ... Blink really does make you rethink the way you think * Daily Mail *
Blink might just change your life * Esquire *
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of six international bestsellers- The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath and most recently, Talking to Strangers. He is the host of the podcast Revisionist History, a staff writer at The New Yorker, and co-founder of the audio company Pushkin Industries. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, with a degree in history. Gladwell was born in England and grew up in rural Ontario. He lives in New York.