For over 20 years, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman has examined
the quirky science of everyday life.
In Quirkology, he navigates the backwaters of human behavior,
discovering the telltale signs that give away a liar, the secret science
behind speed dating and personal ads, and what a person's sense of
humour reveals about the innermost workings of their mind - all along
paying tribute to others who have carried out similarly weird and
wonderful work.
Wiseman's research has involved secretly observing people as they go
about their daily business, conducting unusual experiments in art
exhibitions and music concerts, and even staging fake seances in
allegedly haunted buildings.
With thousands of research subjects from all over the world, including
enamoured couples, unwitting pedestrians, and guileless dinner guests,
Wiseman presents a fun, clever, and unexpected picture of the human
mind.