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A Series of Fortunate Events - Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You (Hardcover)
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A Series of Fortunate Events - Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R469
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"Fascinating and exhilarating-Sean B. Carroll at his very
best."-Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants From
acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking,
awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives
and the world Why is the world the way it is? How did we get here?
Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to
chance? Philosophers and theologians have pondered these questions
for millennia, but startling scientific discoveries over the past
half century are revealing that we live in a world driven by
chance. A Series of Fortunate Events tells the story of the awesome
power of chance and how it is the surprising source of all the
beauty and diversity in the living world. Like every other species,
we humans are here by accident. But it is shocking just how many
things-any of which might never have occurred-had to happen in
certain ways for any of us to exist. From an extremely improbable
asteroid impact, to the wild gyrations of the Ice Age, to invisible
accidents in our parents' gonads, we are all here through an
astonishing series of fortunate events. And chance continues to
reign every day over the razor-thin line between our life and
death. This is a relatively small book about a really big idea. It
is also a spirited tale. Drawing inspiration from Monty Python,
Kurt Vonnegut, and other great thinkers, and crafted by one of
today's most accomplished science storytellers, A Series of
Fortunate Events is an irresistibly entertaining and
thought-provoking account of one of the most important but least
appreciated facts of life.
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