Tom Phillips (10)
Auteur de Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up
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A propos de l'auteur
Tom Phillips is a journalist and humor writer based in London. He was the editorial director of BuzzFeed UK and studied Archaeology, Anthropology and the History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University.
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Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t par Tom Phillips
A good read, astounding how some people can be so gullible, and others so corrupt or just mischievous. Tom Phillips has produced an easy to read, funny, interesting book.
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Sobre alabado. una serie de recopilaciones de errores del ser humano sin mucha hilación.Bien escrito pero no alcanza
Funny (but in a sad way at times...) historical anecdotes that show how easily we can screw up things without even meaning too sometimes. Not really a history book, since there's not really any in-depth analysis here, mostly just entertaining stories that do make you think at times.
In this hilarious and topical book, Phillips addresses what we expect is the truth but really recasts everything in a different light. For effect, he does sensationalize some facts - with a great deal of humour - and in doing so shows how we manufacture stories, shape the world to suit our view points and create shrouds around information. It's fascinating to see how loops are created, hoaxes perpetuated and lack of knowledge filled with garbage. Humans really are odd creatures with wildly vivid imaginations.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 406
- Popularité
- #59,889
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 128
- Langues
- 12