The Resource The hidden half : the unseen forces that influence everything, Michael Blastland
The hidden half : the unseen forces that influence everything, Michael Blastland
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- Summary
- Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result - from GDP figures to medicine - is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The hidden half : the unseen forces that influence everything
- Title
- The hidden half
- Title remainder
- the unseen forces that influence everything
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Blastland
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We humans are very clever creatures - but we're idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result - from GDP figures to medicine - is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world
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- Blastland, Michael
- Dewey number
- 121
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Knowledge, Theory of
- Curiosities and wonders
- Popular culture
- Target audience
- adult
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- The hidden half : the unseen forces that influence everything, Michael Blastland
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- text
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1155919262
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781786496393
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1155919262
- Label
- The hidden half : the unseen forces that influence everything, Michael Blastland
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1155919262
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781786496393
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1155919262
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