Daniel J. Levitin, "A Field Guide to Lies"

http://www.politics-prose.com/book/97... From This is Your Brain on Music to The World in Six Songs to The Organized Mind, Levitin’s bestselling works on cognitive science have been both fascinating and instructive. In his fourth book, the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at McGill University offers an invaluable guide to negotiating the stream of information in the age of Big Data. Infoliteracy means charting a course between passive acceptance and reflexive dismissal of the ongoing barrage of facts, charts, and statistics; developing critical thinking means checking those facts, assessing the source of the charts, and testing the plausibility of the statistics. Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/ Produced by Michael A. Kowaleski