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The intelligence trap : why smart people make dumb mistakes / David Robson.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
153.9 ROBS	Adult Non Fiction		Riverwood .	. Available .

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ISBN	9780393651423 (hardback)
Name	Robson, David (Science journalist) author.
Title	The intelligence trap : why smart people make dumb mistakes / David Robson.
Published	New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
Published	©2019
Description	viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pges 271-309) and index.
Summary	Draws on cutting-edge ideas in the understanding of expertise and intelligence to reveal how smart people are equally or more prone to making mistakes, citing lessons that can be learned from the setbacks of intellectuals ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Richard Feynman.
Subjects	Intellect
Subjects	Fallibility
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Fallibility . Intellect . See Also: Ability . Cognitive styles . Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) . Imagination . Knowledge, Theory of . Logic . Memory . Perception . Reason . Thought and thinking . Broader Subject References: Psychology . Narrower Subject References: Mental efficiency . Authors: Robson, David (Science journalist) .