Richard Nisbett is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and one of the world's most respected psychologists. His books The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ... and Why and Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count have won multiple awards and been translated into more than ten languages.
The most influential thinker, in my life, has been Richard Nisbett. -- Malcolm Gladwell New York Times Book Review