Author
Gerd Gigerenzer
Gerd Gigerenzer is a German researcher who studies how people make decisions, and director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy in Berlin. For many years he has taught doctors and the general public to understand statistics.
Books in Livria
- Risk Savvy: How to Make Good Decisions
A pill “doubles” the risk, a screening “cuts deaths by twenty percent”, and nobody tells you what to do with that. Gerd Gigerenzer shows that the problem isn't that people are stupid. It's how the numbers are put to…
- Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
A player catches a ball without knowing physics. Students who know less are more accurate at guessing which city is larger. A Nobel laureate invests his own money without using his own model. Gerd Gigerenzer shows…