{"product_id":"9798216375920","title":"Think Like a Scientist A Toolkit for Tackling Life's Overwhelming Questions and Making Great Decisions","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThink Like a Scientist\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Toolkit for Tackling Life's Overwhelming Questions and Making Great Decisions\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJennifer L. Steele\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelf-help \/ Self-Management \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHave you ever looked at your life and said, “How do I fix this mess?” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe secret to fixing the mess turns out not to be hot baths, or hot tea, or even hot yoga. Commonsense notions can be useful, but they can sometimes lead us astray. Common sense refers to our instincts and socially influenced beliefs about how things work. It is a vital tool for making decisions, but it's also incomplete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Think of the dodo bird. In the early 1600s, the massive dodo held dominion over the island of Mauritius. Ninety years after crossing paths with people, it was extinct, done in by its instincts and norms-in essence, its own common sense. In our own times of change and uncertainty-job losses, medical crises, breakups, or just crises of confidence-we need something different. That something is \u003ci\u003euncommon sense\u003c\/i\u003e, which is to say, \u003ci\u003escientific thinking\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If it sounds like something you learned in high school, think again. Uncommon sense is uncommon because most of us weren't taught how to do it. A powerful technology for managing uncertainty, it blends scientific research with practical wisdom to help us navigate hard decisions and make peace with past mistakes. It doesn't tell us \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e to do but helps us understand the risks and benefits of each choice, guided always by our own values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Research methodologist Jennifer Steele harnesses lessons from teaching scientific methods to skeptics. She describes real-life dilemmas like how to how to handle conflicting medical advice, learn hard skills, manage disease risk, decide on colleges and careers, find healthy love, save for the future, and dial down the drama. This is a playbook about wrangling hard questions and getting an edge in figuring out our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAs a professor at the Linda A. and H. Kent Baker School of Education at American University, \u003cb\u003eJennifer Steele \u003c\/b\u003ehas spent a decade teaching science-based decision making to policymakers. Author of dozens of scholarly articles, she has worked as a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation and has served as a François Chevalier Fellow at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study. Her public writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The Hill, Fast Company, The Hechinger Report, Education Week, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Salon\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has been a television commentator for NBC, CBS, CGTN, and other outlets.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRowman \u0026amp; Littlefield\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216375920\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223595712652,"sku":"9798216375920","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_28a46c6f-dadc-49d1-b0ff-5bccf62589fc.jpg?v=1783078463","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216375920","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}