{"product_id":"fluke-chance-chaos-and-why-everything-we-do-matters","title":"Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis “captivating illustration of the follies of trying to model and forecast the unpredictable world” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) is both “empowering” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, UK) and “compelling” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) as it challenges our most fundamental assumptions—by social scientist and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eAtlantic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewriter Brian Klaas, whom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eProspect \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003emagazine has named one of the world’s “Top 25 Thinkers.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same? Or could making an accidental phone call or missing an exit off the highway change not just your life, but history itself?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFluke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, myth-shattering 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOffering an entirely new lens, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFluke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how our world really works, driven by strange interactions and apparently random events. How did one couple’s vacation cause 100,000 people to die? Does our decision to hit the snooze button in the morning radically alter the trajectory of our lives? And has the evolution of humans been inevitable, or are we simply the product of a series of freak accidents?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on social science, chaos theory, history, evolutionary biology, and philosophy, Klaas provides a brilliantly fresh look at why things happen—all while providing mind-bending lessons on how we can live smarter, be happier, and lead more fulfilling lives.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120110702877,"sku":"9781668006535","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781668006535.jpg?v=1751398481","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/fluke-chance-chaos-and-why-everything-we-do-matters","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}