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Bigger prize: why competition everything and how we do better

By: Heffernan, MargaretMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Simon & Schuster 2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 438p. 23 cmISBN: 9781471100758Subject(s): Competition (psychology) | Contests -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 155.232 HEF

Contents:

1Oh, Brother!; 2.Making the Grade; 3.The Morning After; 4.Angry Birds; 5.Keeping Score; pt. I The Case of the Purdue Chickens </font; 6.Only the Impresarios Thrive; pt. III The Business of Winning; 7.Clone Wars </font; 9.How Low Can We Go? </font; 9.How Low Can We Go? </font; 10.Top of the World </font; 11.A Bigger Prize. </font

Summary: The Olympics. X-Factor. The Rich List. The Nobel Prize. Everywhere you look: competition - for fame, money, attention, status. Being top seems to be everything - but what is it costing all of us? We depend on competition and expect it to identify the best

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	FMS Library	General	155.232 HEF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		M001966

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The Olympics. X-Factor. The Rich List. The Nobel Prize. Everywhere you look: competition - for fame, money, attention, status. Being top seems to be everything - but what is it costing all of us? We depend on competition and expect it to identify the best

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