TY - BOOK TI - Chance: the science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability SN - 9781473642645 (pbk.) : AV - BC141 U1 - 123.3 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - John Murray KW - Chance KW - Philosophy KW - ukslc KW - SCIENCE N2 - For you to be here today reading this requires a mind-boggling series of lucky breaks, starting with the Big Bang and ending in your own conception. So it's not surprising that we persist in thinking that we're in with a chance, whether we're playing the lottery or working out the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life. In this book, a (not entirely) random selection of the sharpest minds provide fascinating insights into luck, randomness, risk and probability ER -