Goodness. What an unusual book! But completely compelling, and easy to get lost in.
Like hearing someone very erudite talking, rambling on, but completely riveting.

This was an enjoyable read and I would recommend it. thanks for letting me have an advance copy. I'm new to this author.

[Sorry, totally forgot to write my review for this!]

Another excellent book from Lewis, one of my favourite non-fiction authors. It's a bit different from his other books that I've enjoyed - which have focused on finance, sports, and politics.

Fascinating, well-written and well-researched, The Undoing Project displays all of the strengths we've come to expect from Lewis's books (and also his podcast).

Definitely recommended.

The undoing protect by Michael Lewis.
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky met in war-torn 1960s Israel. Both were gifted young psychology professors: Kahneman a rootless son of holocaust survivors who saw the world as a problem to be solved; Tversky a voluble, instinctual blur of energy. In this breathtaking new book, Michael Lewis tells the extraordinary story of a relationship that became a shared mind: one which created the field of behavioural economics, revolutionising everything from Big Data to medicine, from how we are governed to how we spend, from high finance to football. Kahneman and Tversky, shows Michael Lewis, helped shape the world in which we now live - and may well have changed, for good, humankind's view of its own mind.
A great read. Hard and took me a while but it was worth it. Liked the cover too. 4*.

I studied the work of behavioural economists at postgraduate level at University, but never did I imagine a book about the lives of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky who transformed the fields of psychology, economics and law, could be very interesting. This is not only an interesting primer on behavioural economics, but also on how Kahneman and Tversky came to effect such profound change, and how they worked together. Overall a gripping book which informs and entertains.

This was a fascinating read, in parts a little heavy, but a topic I knew nothing about so wonderfully interesting. The individuals have an honest appraisal, which is not always flattering, but makes the book all the more authentic to read. I found the ending a little underwhelming, and wanted to know more about how the work they did influenced the world further.

This is an amazing read following the lives and work of two psychologists who strayed into economic thinking. It fails to reach 5 star potential as I did find some parts difficult to read and "get into. Their work was almost entirely collaborative and yet one was better thought of than the other. The parts that deal with judgement, interpretation and probability and particularly the medical elements were fascinating to me as an ex- nurse.

Lewis has managed to make what could be a dry topic one that shines through in the determination of its protagonists. Kahneman and Tversky lived and breathed their research, their private lives were closely entwined, they could not bear to be apart. In fact there are times when i think their family lives meant less to them than their collaboration. Yet it was not all sweetness and light and I wonder if the ending would have been different if the circumstances of that last 2 years had been different. Certainly the end result might have deserved some rules of undoing.

I would certainly look at other books by this author he shows such skill in juggling facts with storytelling

I found this book fascinating if not what I was expecting. To be honest, I have no idea why I requested it. I like Psychology. Some elements fascinate me. I’ve studied it at the Open University. This book is really about the friendship between two geniuses and the amazing discoveries they made. I found the friendship between two very different people very interesting. They were almost polar opposites. I liked reading about how they started to collaborate and how they played off against each other and their partnership brought out the best in each other. I really enjoyed reading about the discoveries they made in relation to how people make decisions. The Undoing Project is really interesting and worth a read.

Brilliant! This was completely out of my comfort zone for what I usually read, but I'm so glad I gave it a go. I knew very little about Israel but now feel a little more educated. The author had a real talent for discussing quite abstract matters in depth without making the reader switch off. The maths and complicated concepts are broken in to easier segments so you don't need to be a genius to understand it. I felt after reading this book I had a good understanding of what makes human beings tick. I will definitely read more of this Author and this genre.

Not my type of book. Synopsis sounded interesting but the text was not written in a style I was able to follow. Sorry! This is my opinion and should not be considered. If you are interested in the book then buy it!

I started reading this story but it was all about baseball. s I have no knowledge or interest in baseball I was thoroughly bored. I sure the summary didn't mention baseball.

Who would think a book about the friendship that develops between two behavioural economists would be such a brilliant read. But if you have read "Thinking Fast and Slow" and enjoyed it then you may be intrigued by the way Kahneman grew his ideas through a difficult childhood and early career and more especially after his symbiotic friendship with Amos Tversky. The two men were academically so close that they could not remember who had first presented an idea so they took turns on going first in their joint papers. The book is thrilling and emotive and beautifully written and well worth a read if you are interested in quality non fiction. It is also interesting to see into the process of genius. Recommended for that difficult to buy for clever relative or anyone who wonders how Nobel prize winners get to the podium.

I was given a copy of this book by netgalley in return for an honest review.

This is great for those who enjoyed Moneyball - as a non fiction writer, Lewis is very engaging and makes his subject accessible even for those who have no particular interest in or knowledge of the subject already. I also appreciate that he picks unusual and little known topics and when you read, you're wondering how more people don't know about this or how you'd never heard of it before.

This is a Michael Lewis book which means anyone who reads him knows what they are getting.
He always draws a good picture of the subjects takes the reader by the hand to illuminate the stories reasoning and allows the reader to feel empathy and understanding of the subjects, this book however for me is not as engrossing as other titles by him and feels almost slight

I'm a big fan of Michael Lewis (I consider Moneyball one of the most influential books I've ever read). The Undoing Project is set up as a spiritual sequel to Moneyball, an understanding that stats can't be everything, and how to account for human behaviour in decision making, told through the lives and work of two of the most prominent minds in behaviour analysis field. It makes for a fascinating take on the way the mind works. The book gets of to a flying start, showcasing the pitfalls of decision making in basketball management... but it then falls more to the generic biographical genre of the lives of Daniel and Amos... it lost its shine for me then. I had come across heuristics during business school, so nice to see how the circumstances under the concept was developed, but towards the end this felt more and more biographical than insightful. Still, good book. 4/5

I am afraid that I requested this book believing it to be very different from the actual content. I did try to read it but found that it really was for me, sorry.

The story of Daniel Kahnemann and Amos Tversky is indeed a fascinating one on both an intellectual and personal level, and Michael Lewis has researched his subjects well. This is an in-depth and insightful joint biography, which also covers in great detail their work and achievements. From a personal point of view I found some of it difficult to plough through – however important their work might be some of it is pretty dull stuff. But I thoroughly enjoyed reading about these two maverick characters who have had such an influence on contemporary life and thought, and I enjoyed exploring and learning about their lives and relationships.

A typical Michael Lewis book, opening up an unseen world and it's iconoclastic experts to explain modern day matters. It covers a longer time period than most of his books and, whilst the research and conclusions, did (and still do) have a huge impact on the financial markets, Lewis' normal focus, this research covers decision making processes everywhere. Some of the maths is a little abtruse for a non mathematician/statistician, but the accompanying prose always makes that a surmountable issue. Another classic gem from this author

Best known for his work on explaining the rise of statistics-based scouting in baseball (Moneyball) and various accounts of mid-2000s financial folly (The Big Short, Flash Boys), America’s favourite non-fiction author, Michael Lewis, has turned his hand to a new subject: the intense collaboration between psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.

It is testament to Lewis’ clarity of thought and ability to distil complex ideas into simple prose that his work has earned three film adaptations. This time he’s turned to a less cinematic but highly relationship-based subject. In The Undoing Project, while he does describe a number of experiments that led these thinkers to their hypotheses in sometimes painstaking detail, this is a book with biography at its core. Lewis paints his subjects in long strokes and narrative detail farmed from friends and colleagues, using key moments from their pasts to illustrate the types of academics they became while highlighting the personality traits that made their collaboration so powerful. Danny was filled with ideas, Amos knew how to turn those kernels into academic questions. Danny was reticent about his own findings, while Amos’ belligerent academic tone made their peers take notice. Much of their work took apart (or “undid”) the assumptions of psychologists of yore, and ultimately their close working relationship had an undoing of its own. Although readers may know where they ended up, Lewis is able to weave between biography and scientific explanation to a surprisingly emotional crescendo – and that’s precisely what makes his books worth reading.