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Klaas, Brian, (1986-)

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Fluke : = chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Fluke :/ Brian Klaas.
Reminder of title:	chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters /
Author:	Klaas, Brian,
Published:	New York :Scribner, : 2025.,
Description:	ix, 323 p. :ill., maps ;22 cm.
Notes:	Originally published: 2024.
[NT 15003449]:	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.
Subject:	Social psychology. -
ISBN:	9781668006535

Fluke : = chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters /
Klaas, Brian,1986-

Fluke :chance, chaos, and why everything we do matters /Brian Klaas. - 1st Scribner trade paperback ed. - New York :Scribner,2025. - ix, 323 p. :ill., maps ;22 cm.

Originally published: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-305) and index.

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.

"If 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? In Fluke, 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. Offering an entirely new lens, Fluke 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? Drawing 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." -- From the publisher's website.

ISBN: 9781668006535US19.00Subjects--Topical Terms:

520219
Social psychology.

LC Class. No.: HM1033 / .K595 2025

Dewey Class. No.: 123/.3

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520 # $a "If 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? In Fluke, 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. Offering an entirely new lens, Fluke 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? Drawing 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." -- From the publisher's website.
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