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The hidden half : the unseen forces that influence everything / Michael Blastland

By:

Blastland, Michael

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Atlantic Books 2019Description: 296 pISBN:

9781786496393

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DDC classification:

121 BLA-M

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	BITS Pilani Hyderabad	100	General Stack (For lending)	121 BLA-M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		42755

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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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