The Time Paradox

Beschreibung

What Malcolm Gladwell did for snap judgements and Nassim Taleb did for random events, Zimbardo has done for our perceptions of time.

Portrait

Philip Zimbardo is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University and has also taught at Yale, NYU and Columbia, and is past president of the American Psychological Association. He is renowned for his world-famous Stanford Prison Experiments, his studies on shyness and, more recently, for his breakthrough work on time. He also presented the award-winning video series Discovering Psychology. He lives in San Francisco but travels widely. See his website www.zimbardo.com
John Boyd received his doctorate in psychology from Stanford University, where he worked closely with Philip developing the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory. He is currently Research Manager at Google.

Pressestimmen

"Comprehensive, admirably clear, and a delightful read" Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan "Reveals how to better use your most irreplaceable resource, based on solid science and timeless wisdom" Martin Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness "Compelling and practical" Publishers Weekly