La ley de Murphy tiene explicación (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Robinson, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8492801182 ISBN 13: 9788492801183

Publisher: Books4pocket, 2010

Synopsis

Todo lo que pueda ir mal, ira mal"", dice la ley de Murphy. ¿Es asi realmente? ¿Existe una explicacion racional para ello? El famoso divulgador cientifico Richard Robinson ha escrito un libro ameno y esclarecedor que, a partir de la humoristica ley de Murphy, consigue desvelar con diafana claridad los misterios de la mente, desde los aspectos mas sencillos hasta los mas complejos. Por ejemplo: ¿por que, cuando buscamos algo, miramos una y otra vez en el mismo sitio? ¿Y por que, a la quinta vez, descubrimos que siempre estuvo ahi? La clave hay que buscarla en nuestro cerebro: los sentidos asimilan las impresiones, la mente las interpreta... y, por lo general, se equivoca. Aprenderemos como funciona el cerebro, descubriremos como distinguir la realidad de la ilusion; todo ello en una obra clara, rigurosa y muy divertida. Un viaje apasionante por los entresijos de la atencion, la memoria y la mente.

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From the Back Cover

Fun, quirky popular science explaining the real reasons why everything always goes wrong - the various truths behind Murphy's Law. The law of laws, Murphy's Law, sits above all others like an uninvited guest at the feast. Whatever your field of endeavour Murphy is there to trip you up, delay and frustrate you. The more your endeavour, the greater the uptrip. Is there a rational explanation? That's what this book is here to provide. In fact, a closer look at Murphy's Law can give us some insights into us and the increasingly tangled lives we lead. Intended as light reading for the popular science market, this book presents the fullest ever analysis of Murphy's Law, peppered with examples such as why does your toast always lands butter-side down? Why, when you lose something, do you keep looking in the same place over and over? ... And why is it suddenly there the 20th time you look? The first part of the book shows that, however odd the external phenomena at work, there is generally a scientific explanation. But why then do we continually fail to recognize or remember the explanation? The second part of the book goes on to show how much of Murphy's Law stems from the way our own mind works - its physical limitations, evolutionary biases, and social impressionability.

Edition details

• Publisher: Books4pocket
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 8492801182
• ISBN 13: 9788492801183
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288