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Fisher

Irving Fisher (1867–1947), an American economist at Yale University, one of the founders of the mathematical theory of finance.

The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups, William J. Bernstein

Explained in

• The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups, William J. Bernstein
• The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, Justin R. Garcia

  Helen Fisher, an American anthropologist who studied love and the brain, and Garcia's longtime collaborator on the Singles in America study. She died in 2024.

• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Bernard Fisher, an American surgeon. He ran a large trial comparing the radical mastectomy with gentler operations.

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