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The frustrating component of life known as Murphy's (or Sod's) Law is no respecter of persons. The more you are desperate for things to go right, the more they go wrong. But, is that really the case, and, if so, is there a rational explanation? So: when you drop the toast how do you know it will land butter-side down? Why does the queue you're in always go slowest? That tune you hate - isn't it the one you can't get out of your head? However odd it seems, there is generally a scientific explanation. Much of Murphy's Law stems from the way the mind works - its physical limitations, evolutionary biases and social impressionability. In this fascinating book, popular-science presenter Richard Robinson teases out the answers, accessibly and entertainingly.
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- ISBN 13 9780143004530
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Why the toast always lands butter side down the science of Murphy's law
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Penguin, Australia, 2005
ISBN 10 : 0143004530
ISBN 13 : 9780143004530
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Paperback. Etat : Good. 248 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 2885g
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Why The Toast Always Lands Butter Side Down: The Science of Murphy's Law
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Penguin Books, Great Britain, 2005
ISBN 10 : 0143004530
ISBN 13 : 9780143004530
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Softcover. Etat : Good. The real scientific reasons why everything always goes wrong.Start looking for Murphy's Law, and you'll find it everywhere. Buses go round in threes, the queue you join always goes slowest, when your hands are full your nose starts to itch, you think of 10 important things to remember just as you are falling asleep . . .Can there ever be a rational explanation?The answers turn out to be one part scientific to three parts psychology. The world has changed a lot in the last 4000 years, but our brains haven't. So, again and again we find our reactions are just plain out of date.Why do you take the same wrong turning every single time? Why, when you lose something, do you keep looking in the same place over and over? And why is it suddenly there the twentieth time you look? 248 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science::Popular Science; Science & Technology; ISBN: 0143004530. ISBN/EAN: 9780143004530. Inventory No: 260987. N° de réf. du vendeur 260987
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