What Are the Chances? : : Why We Believe in Luck / / Barbara Blatchley.
Most of us, no matter how rational we think we are, have a lucky charm, a good-luck ritual, or some other custom we follow in the hope that it will lead to a good result. Is the idea of luckiness just a way in which we try to impose order on chaos? Do we live in a world of flukes and coincidences, g...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- 1. WHAT IS LUCK?
- 2. A BRIEF HISTORY OF LUCK
- 3. LUCK AND PSYCHOLOGY
- 4. LUCK AND PSYCHOLOGY
- 5. LUCK AND YOUR BRAIN: PART I
- 6. LUCK AND YOUR BRAIN: PART II
- 7. HOW TO GET LUCKY
- 8. FORTUNE’S EXPENSIVE SMILE
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX