{"product_id":"why-am-i-a-slave-a-troglodyte-9781848903982","title":"Why Am I a Slave? Questions that have forever changed our understanding of the world","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Half the job of getting the right answer is finding the right question.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSitting alone in my cave, as a troglodyte is wont to do, my tranquility is interrupted by a question that floats uninvited into my mind. Annoyed that I don't know the answer, I go next door to consult my neighbour, only to find that he has decamped for the season to his winter cave in Palm Springs. Discouraged, I make the fatiguing trek to my local library, where the musty smell of old books and the predictable peace and quiet quickly put me to sleep. When I awake, the question still nags at me, so I undertake the onerous task of opening a book and I begin reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA few pages later, I make a startling discovery. It turns out that unanswered questions have been at the heart of intellectual progress for centuries! Even more, it seems that learning how to ask a good question is a skill we all need. Doctors need to ask questions to diagnose illness. Police officers need to ask questions when investigating a disturbance. Lawyers need to cross-examine witnesses. Journalists, it seems, find it necessary to ask questions of just about everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI also learned that discovering the right question can be tricky. Half the job of getting the right answer is finding the right question. Who would have guessed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe more I read, the more I realized that the right question can open up completely new subjects of investigation. The right question can motivate the scientist, the novelist, the voter and the small-business owner alike. A good question can help each of us see the world and ourselves in dramatically new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather annoyingly, the more I thought about this, the more I was intrigued. And the harder it was to get back to sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. Troglodyte began writing at Oxford University over a century ago. Recently, he (Or she? Or they? - no one really knows) has re- emerged to give advice to today's talented, hard-working college and university students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Troglodyte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848903987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848903982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e College Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.48h x 4.72w x 0.22d","brand":"A. Troglodyte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074936303871,"sku":"9781848903982","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1794c42-440a-4031-8034-19edbbb53623.jpg?v=1685456644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/why-am-i-a-slave-a-troglodyte-9781848903982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}