Bibliograph

Fluke, chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters, Brian Klaas

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Fluke, chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters, Brian Klaas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

It includes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fluke

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1417316821

Responsibility statement

Brian Klaas

Sub title

chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters

Summary

A social scientist dispels people's tidy versions of reality and delves deeply into the theories of random chance and chaos to demonstrate that the world really works through random events that can alter the trajectory of our lives

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Changing anything changes everything -- Everything doesn't happen for a reason -- Why our brains distort reality -- The human swarm -- Heraclitus rules -- The storytelling animal -- The lottery of Earth -- Everyone's a butterfly -- Of clocks and calendars -- The emperor's new equations -- Could it be otherwise? -- Why everything we do matters

Target audience

adult

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Chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters

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