Book
Fluke : chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters / Brian Klaas.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668006528
- ISBN: 1668006529
- ISBN: 9781668055847
- ISBN: 1668055848
- Physical Description: ix, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Summary, etc.: | 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. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Hall Memorial Library - Ellington.
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- 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | 123.3 KLAAS (Text) | 34037150819938 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
