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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
August 1, 1984
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780394713342
ISBN-10
0394713346
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$15.00
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§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, sports, art, broadcasting, music, and business
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Did you ever have the uneasy feeling the experts
are not . . . well, expert?
"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."
--Irving Fisher, professor of economics at Yale University, October 17, 1929
"Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel."
--Irving Thalberg's warning to Louis B. Mayer regarding Gone With the Wind
"We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
--Decca Recording Company executive, turning down the Beatles, 1962
"With over fifty foreign cars already on sale here the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself."--Business Week, 1968
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
--President of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
"Bill Clinton will lose to any Republican who doesn't drool on stage."
--The Wall Street Journal, in a 1995 editorial
The Experts Speak systematically catalogues, footnotes, and sets straight these and a couple of thousand other examples of expert misunderstanding, miscalculation, egregious prognostication, boo-boos, and just plain lies. The experts have been wrong about everything under, including, and beyond the sun: time, space, the sexes, the races, the environment, economics, politics, crime, education, the media, history, and science. In this expanded and updated edition (now more error-filled than ever), we see just how much the experts don't know. But the book also goes deeper, presenting a through-the-looking-glass chronicle of human knowledge: the story of what was and is so, as seen through the story of what we wanted to and did believe.
are not . . . well, expert?
"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."
--Irving Fisher, professor of economics at Yale University, October 17, 1929
"Forget it, Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel."
--Irving Thalberg's warning to Louis B. Mayer regarding Gone With the Wind
"We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
--Decca Recording Company executive, turning down the Beatles, 1962
"With over fifty foreign cars already on sale here the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself."--Business Week, 1968
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
--President of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
"Bill Clinton will lose to any Republican who doesn't drool on stage."
--The Wall Street Journal, in a 1995 editorial
The Experts Speak systematically catalogues, footnotes, and sets straight these and a couple of thousand other examples of expert misunderstanding, miscalculation, egregious prognostication, boo-boos, and just plain lies. The experts have been wrong about everything under, including, and beyond the sun: time, space, the sexes, the races, the environment, economics, politics, crime, education, the media, history, and science. In this expanded and updated edition (now more error-filled than ever), we see just how much the experts don't know. But the book also goes deeper, presenting a through-the-looking-glass chronicle of human knowledge: the story of what was and is so, as seen through the story of what we wanted to and did believe.
Editions
Editions for the work The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Aliona Bereghici (other contributor), Margarita Engle |
from Random House Inc (August 1, 1984)
9780394713342 | details & prices | List price $15.00
This edition also contains The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
About: Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, sports, art, broadcasting, music, and business
This edition also contains The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
About: Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, sports, art, broadcasting, music, and business
Prebinding
Exp upd edition from Turtleback Books (August 1, 1998)
9781417719495 | details & prices | 445 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.70 lbs | List price $36.75
About: Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, broadcasting, sports, art, music, and business
About: Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, broadcasting, sports, art, music, and business
Editions for the work The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
Hardcover
With Margarita Engle |
from Two Lions (April 28, 2015)
9781477826331 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 1.15 lbs | List price $17.99
About: Louis loves to watch birds.
About: Louis loves to watch birds.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Christopher Cerf, Margarita Engle, Victor Navasky |
from Random House Inc (August 1, 1984); titled "The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation"
9780394713342 | details & prices | List price $15.00
This edition also contains The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation
About: Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, sports, art, broadcasting, music, and business
This edition also contains The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation
About: Gathers lies, misinformation, and errors propagated by experts in science, politics, construction, technology, sports, art, broadcasting, music, and business
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