Dr. Daniel J. Levitin has a PhD in Psychology, training at Stanford University Medical School and the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of the No. 1 bestseller This Is Your Brain on Music (Dutton, 2006), published in nineteen languages, and the bestsellers The World in Six Songs (Dutton, 2008) and The Organized Mind (Viking, 2014). Currently he is a James McGill Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
In a post-truth world, Levitin's book is an invaluable primer on
how to sort the fact from the fiction
*Sunday Times*
The world is awash with data, but not always with accurate
information. [Levitin] does a terrific job of illustrating the
difference between the two with precision and delightful good
humour
*Charles Wheelan, author of Naked Economics*
Deservedly a bestseller
*Independent on 'The Organized Mind'*
Smart, important, exquisitely written
*Daniel Gilbert on 'The Organized Mind'*
The Organized Mind is the perfect antidote to the effects of
information overload. Loved it.
*Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of 'Identical' and
'Innocent' on 'The Organized Mind'*
Daniel Levitin's field guide is a critical thinking primer for our
shrill, data-drenched age. From the way averages befuddle to the
logical fallacies that sneak by us, every page is enlightening
*Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter, Faster,
Better*
Valuable tools for anyone willing to evaluate claims and get to the
truth of the matter
*Kirkus Reviews*
As a lucid guide to critical thinking about statistics, information
and assertion it is profoundly welcome
*Observer*
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