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Item Details
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DECEPTION
FROM ANCIENT EMPIRES TO INTERNET DATING |
| By: |
Brooke Harrington (Editor), Murray Gell-Mann (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£35.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
080475649X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804756495 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 April, 2009 |
| Pages: |
360 |
| Description: |
Deception offers a broadly accessible overview of state-of-the-art research on lies, trickery, cheating, and shams by leading experts in the natural and social sciences, as well as computing, the humanities, and the military. |
| Synopsis: |
From Internet-dating profiles to Native American folktales to the photo trickery of Hollywood gossip magazines, this volume explores deception and offers insights from leading figures in disparate fields, drawing out surprising commonalities. For the first time, one broadly accessible volume pulls together classic philosophical debates on deception with examinations of contemporary issues, including stock market fraud and terrorism. Deception offers a unique perspective on the state of the art: readers will find scholars from biology and physics in conversation with experts in mass media and culture, and archaeologists engaged with ideas from military strategists.As the essays make clear, deception touches virtually every aspect of our lives; in fact, recent psychological research suggests that we each tell at least two to three lies per day. Throughout the animal kingdom, survival and reproduction depend upon successful deceptions.But while deception has captured the interest of philosophers, scientists, warriors, and artists over thousands of years, our knowledge of the subject is limited. At the same time, new technologies have made deception more commonplace, more dangerous, and more difficult to detect than ever. Deception is a particularly timely and insightful work. Its scope and subject make it compelling reading for a broad readership. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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