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Michael Blastland: The Hidden Half: The Unseen Forces That Influence Everything

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.
ISBN: 9781786496393
Author: Michael Blastland
Page: 304
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2020
Format: Book
Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS
Language: English

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Price: 6 250 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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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. Theresult - 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 notwork in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world.

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