{"product_id":"the-hot-hand","title":"The Hot Hand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow can you\u003cbr\u003emaximize success--and limit failure? \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/em\u003ereporter\u003cbr\u003eBen Cohen brilliantly investigates the mystery and science of streaks, from basketball to business.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A feast\u003cbr\u003efor anyone interested in the secrets of excellence.\" --Andre Agassi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor decades, statisticians,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esocial scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewinners) have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking about whether\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003estreaks actually exist. After all, a substantial number of decisions that we\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emake in our everyday lives are quietly rooted in this one question: If\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esomething happened before, will it happen again? Is there such a thing as being\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ein the zone? Can someone have a \"hot hand\"? Or is it simply a case of seeing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epatterns in randomness? Or, if streaks are possible, where can they be found?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Hot Hand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWall Street\u003cbr\u003eJournal \u003c\/em\u003ereporter Ben Cohen offers an unfailingly entertaining and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eprovocative investigation into these questions. He begins with how a $35,000\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003efine and a wild night in New York revived a debate about the existence of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003estreaks that was several generations in the making. We learn how the ability to\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erecognize and then bet against streaks turned a business school dropout named\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Booth into a billionaire, and how the subconscious nature of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003estreak-related bias can make the difference between life and death for asylum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eseekers. We see how previously unrecognized streaks hidden amidst archival data\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehelped solve one of the most haunting mysteries of the twentieth century, the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edisappearance of Raoul Wallenberg. Cohen also exposes how streak-related\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eincentives can be manipulated, from the five-syllable word that helped break\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003earcade profit records to an arc of black paint that allowed Stephen Curry to\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etransform from future junior high coach into the greatest three-point shooter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ein NBA history. Crucially, Cohen also explores why false recognition of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003enonexistent streaks can have cataclysmic results, particularly if you are a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esugar beet farmer or the sort of gambler who likes to switch to black on the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eninth spin of the roulette wheel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ben Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46042921369669,"sku":"BS-LIB-820730","price":18.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2482\/2494\/files\/9780062820730-HD.jpg?v=1792263759","url":"https:\/\/libros787.com\/products\/the-hot-hand","provider":"Libros787.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}