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Think Like a Scientist
A Toolkit for Tackling Life's Overwhelming Questions and Making Great Decisions
Think Like a Scientist
A Toolkit for Tackling Life's Overwhelming Questions and Making Great Decisions
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Description
Change your way of thinking to help you better navigate real life
Have you ever looked at your life and said, “How do I fix this mess?” We've all seen books that claim they have the answers and that those answers are “backed by science.” But what does that even mean? Facing limited time and high stakes, how do we know which advice to believe?
In Think Like a Scientist, research methodologist Jennifer Steele harnesses lessons from teaching scientific methods to skeptics and applies them to everyday life. With vivid personal stories, she shows how to unpack research evidence in order to handle conflicting medical advice, learn hard skills, manage disease risk, decide on fulfilling colleges and careers, find healthy love, save for the future, and navigate messy emotions.
Scientific thinking, Steele argues, is uncommon in everyday life not because it's rigid or narrow but because most of us simply weren't taught how to use it. Still, science offers a powerful toolkit for managing uncertainty and making peace with past mistakes. Blending scientific principles with practical wisdom, Think Like a Scientist provides strategies each of us can use to gain an edge in figuring out our lives.
Table of Contents
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Note on Sources
About the Author
Chapter 1: The Dodo and the Secret of Uncommon Sense
Chapter 2: Should You Fill a Prescription for Magical Thinking?
Chapter 3: How to Learn Hard Things
Chapter 4: Do Vaccines Turn Us into Sheep?
Chapter 5: Is College for Dupes?
Chapter 6: How to Find Your Calling While Broke
Chapter 7: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Chapter 8: Do You Believe in Life After Work?
Chapter 9: How to Fix Your Life
Chapter 10: Claiming Our Human Inheritance
Product details
| Published | Jan 07 2027 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9798216375920 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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"'Triggered' by the notion of evidence-based decision making? This book is for you. Can't understand why others are triggered by evidence? This book is also for you. What sets this clear, honest, and engaging book apart is Steele's deep respect for readers of all kinds."
Dr. Nora Gordon, Distinguished Professor, of Public Policy, Georgetown University, author of Common Sense
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"Think Like a Scientist is a powerful invitation to bring more curiosity and evidence-informed thinking into the decisions that shape our lives. This book is for anyone who wants to think more clearly and make wiser choices under uncertainty."
Anne-Laure Le Cunff, neuroscientist and founder of Ness Labs, bestselling author of Tiny Experiments
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This remarkable book teaches basic scientific principles through engaging examples relevant to the lives of every reader. Beautifully written and difficult to put down, Jennifer Steele shows the reader how asking questions and evaluating evidence appropriately will result in better decisions on issues that matter to them and their families.
Richard J. Murnane, Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson research professor, Harvard University, author of Methods Matter
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We're drowning in information and not sure how to separate fact from fiction. In Think Like a Scientist, Jennifer Steele gives us the antidote. It's a clear, evidence-grounded toolkit for navigating a messy world. An essential read for our times.
Steve Magness, author of Do Hard Things
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Jennifer Steele is a master storyteller. Engaging content and a down-to-earth style bring frameworks for scientific inquiry to life. And the best part? You will find something in this book that makes you think differently about a personal decision that you are facing today.
Kathryn Parker Boudett, director of the Data Wise Project, Harvard University, author of Data Wise

























