Luck: A Personal Account of Fortune, Chance and Risk in Thirteen Investigations 9780008245207, 9780008245177, 0008245207

Darwin's Luck : Chance and Fortune in the Life and Work of Charles Darwin 9781441181695, 9781847251503

One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by bad luck. His mother died when he was seven; he w

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Luck, Fate and Fortune: Antiquity and Its Legacy 9780755697182, 9781845118426

The impulse to try to anticipate the future, and make sense of apparently random events, is irrepressible. Why and how t

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The accidental scientist: the role of chance and luck in scientific discovery 9781782430155, 9781782430995, 9781782431008, 1782430997

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Introduction; Botox; DNA Fingerprinting; Cellulose; Synthe

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The making of mind: a personal account of Soviet psychology

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The Luck of Politics : True Tales of Disaster and Outrageous Fortune [1 ed.] 9781925203394, 9781863957557

A delightful look at chance and outrageous fortune In 1968, John Howard missed out on winning the state seat of Drummoyn

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Personal Account 9781773055732, 9781773055749

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Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy 9781400880270

From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the ric

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Chance: the science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability 9781473642652, 1473642655

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The Myth of Luck: Philosophy, Fate, and Fortune 9781350149281, 9781350149298, 9781350149328, 9781350149304

Luck is a golden thread woven through the tapestry of the history of ideas, uniting gods and gamblers, philosophers and

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Freaks of fortune: the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America 9780674047488, 9780674067202, 9780674736351

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