Amos Tversky
Israeli cognitive psychologist
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Amos Nathan Tversky was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
Much of his early work concerned the foundations of measurement. He was co-author... Wikipedia
Born: March 16, 1937, Haifa, Israel
Died: June 2, 1996 (age 59 years), Stanford, CA
Known for: Prospect theory; Heuristics and biases
Spouse: Barbara Tversky (m. 1963–1996)
Education: University of Michigan (1964) and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1961)
Parents: Yosef Tversky and Jenia Taversky
