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Daniel Kahneman
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Author

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman (5 March 1934 – 27 March 2024) was an Israeli-American psychologist and economist. Honours include APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, William James Fellow Award and Fellow of the Econometric Society.

The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Daniel Kahneman, mostly personal transformation and self-help, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, first published in 2011.

Born 5 March 1934, Tel AvivFrom Israel
Books reviewed1
Our average5.0★from 1 rated

Awards & honours

24 recorded

Literary prizes

Grawemeyer Awards 200350 Most Influential 2011, 2012Global Economy Prize 2012Talcott Parsons Prize 2011Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought 2010APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology 2007Kampé de Fériet Award 2006Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2002Clarivate Citation Laureates 2002Howard Crosby Warren Medal 1995APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology 1982Israel Prize

Honours & fellowships

Honorary doctor of Yale University 2014Presidential Medal of Freedom 2013Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association 2011Honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University 2006Honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne 2006Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg 2004Fellow of the Econometric Society 1993William James Fellow Award 1989Fellow of the Society of Experimental PsychologistsFellow of the Cognitive Science SocietyFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesHonorary degree of HEC Paris

Frequently asked questions

How many Daniel Kahneman books has The Bookish Elf reviewed?

We have reviewed 1 book by Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow.