Fluke chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters
"In Fluke, social scientist Brian Klaas takes a deep-dive into the phenomenon of random chance and the chaos it can sow, taking aim at most people's neat and tidy version of reality. The book's argument is that we willfully ignore a bewildering truth: but for a few small changes, our lives -- and ou...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Klaas, Brian, |d 1986- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Fluke : |b chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters / |c Brian Klaas. |
| 250 | |a First Scribner hardcover edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Scribner, |c 2024. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2024 | |
| 300 | |a ix, 323 pages : |b maps ; |c 24 cm. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a "In Fluke, social scientist Brian Klaas takes a deep-dive into the phenomenon of random chance and the chaos it can sow, taking aim at most people's neat and tidy version of reality. The book's argument is that we willfully ignore a bewildering truth: but for a few small changes, our lives -- and our societies -- could be radically different. Offering an entirely new lens, Fluke explores how our world really works, driven by strange interactions and apparently random events. Drawing on social science, chaos theory, history, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, Klaas provides a fresh look at why things happen -- all while providing lessons on how we can live smarter, be happier, and lead more fulfilling lives." -- |c Adapted from publisher's description. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Chance |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Chaotic behavior in systems. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Conduct of life. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social psychology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Forecasting. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Causation. | |
| 655 | 0 | |a Informational works. | |
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