{"product_id":"what-are-the-chances-9780231198684","title":"What Are the Chances","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Are the Chances?\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how psychology and neuroscience explain the significance of the idea of luck. Barbara Blatchley explores how people react to random events in a range of circumstances, examining the evidence that the belief in luck helps us cope with a lack of control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Blatchley provides a colorful and accessible look at the fascinating nature of luck. Focusing on the human side as well as the neuroscientific and psychological aspects, she explores what luck is and the role luck plays in our lives. -- David Hand, emeritus professor of mathematics and senior research investigator, Imperial College London, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Improbability Principle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Are the Chances?\u003c\/i\u003e provides intriguing insights into the neuroscientific and psychological underpinnings of how we perceive luck and chance. Such errors of probability judgments are often systematic rather than random. They may arise from misapplication of heuristics that originally were useful shortcuts. A worthwhile read. -- V. S. Ramachandran, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho among us does not speak of luck? Good luck, bad luck, cross your fingers, lucky charms? And yet few among us has any real understanding of what it means to be lucky or unlucky. This book provides an excellent examination of  just what luck is, presented in a manner that entertains as it explains. It is a most enjoyable and informative read, and one that I highly recommend. -- James E. Alcock, professor, York University, and author of \u003ci\u003eBelief: What It Means to Believe and Why Our Convictions Are So Compelling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitty in tone. Psychology and neuroscience professor Blatchley (\u003ci\u003eStatistics in Context\u003c\/i\u003e) takes an impressive and accessible look at luck and humans’ refusal to accept randomness. Those wondering why they’ve never managed to buy a winning lottery ticket would do well to start here. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eDelightful. * GQ *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. What Is Luck?\u003cbr\u003e2. A Brief History of Luck\u003cbr\u003e3. Luck and Psychology: On Being a Social Animal\u003cbr\u003e4. Luck and Psychology: Magical Thinking\u003cbr\u003e5. Luck and Your Brain: Part I\u003cbr\u003e6. Luck and Your Brain: Part II\u003cbr\u003e7. How to Get Lucky\u003cbr\u003e8. Fortune’s Expensive Smile\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400354799959,"sku":"9780231198684","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-are-the-chances-9780231198684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}