Have you heard of the Stone Age? The Gilded Age? Or the Jazz Age? They’re the names of important periods in history. One of the names for the time we’re living in right this minute is the Information Age. It means information is available wherever we go and whatever we do. You’ve probably noticed. Information is all around. Every day we hear and see messages about what’s going ...(展开全部)

We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process—especially in election season. It's raining bad data, half-truths, and even outright lies. New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Levitin shows how to recognize misleading announcements, statistics, graphs, and written reports, revealing the ways lying weasels can use them. It's becoming harder to ...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·列维汀（Daniel J. Levitin），加拿大蒙麦吉尔大学心理学教授，同时也是行为神经科学、信息科学学院和教育学院的特聘教授。曾在斯坦福大学教授计算机科学，并担任过多家企业的咨询顾问，包括美国电话电报公司、布兹-爱伦-汉密尔顿咨询公司、苹果公司、美国海军、索尼、美国富国银行等等，面向学生、企业领导者等广泛人群。著有《迷恋音乐的大脑》《传唱世界的六首歌》等畅销书，其中《迷恋音乐的大脑》为麻省理工学院、加州大学洛杉矶分校的指定课堂教材，并被列入哈佛大学的通识教育核心计划指定阅读书目。

丹尼尔·列维汀（Daniel J. Levitin），加拿大蒙麦吉尔大学心理学教授，同时也是行为神经科学、信息科学学院和教育学院的特聘教授。曾在斯坦福大学教授计算机科学，并担任过多家企业的咨询顾问，包括美国电话电报公司、布兹-爱伦-汉密尔顿咨询公司、苹果公司、美国海军、索尼、美国富国银行等等，面向学生、企业领导者等广泛人群。著有《迷恋音乐的大脑》《传唱世界的六首歌》等畅销书，其中《迷恋音乐的大脑》为麻省理工学院、加州大学洛杉矶分校的指定课堂教材，并被列入哈佛大学的通识教育核心计划指定阅读书目。

丹尼尔·列维汀（Daniel J. Levitin），加拿大蒙麦吉尔大学心理学教授，同时也是行为神经科学、信息科学学院和教育学院的特聘教授。曾在斯坦福大学教授计算机科学，并担任过多家企业的咨询顾问，包括美国电话电报公司、布兹-爱伦-汉密尔顿咨询公司、苹果公司、美国海军、索尼、美国富国银行等等，面向学生、企业领导者等广泛人群。著有《迷恋音乐的大脑》《传唱世界的六首歌》等畅销书，其中《迷恋音乐的大脑》为麻省理工学院、加州大学洛杉矶分校的指定课堂教材，并被列入哈佛大学的通识教育核心计划指定阅读书目。

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