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Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe (Record no. 1274)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781848316522
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 523.1
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Clegg, Brian
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. United Kingdom;
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Icon Books Ltd;
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 06 Feb 2014
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 288 Pages;
Other physical details Paperback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 WINTON ROYAL SOCIETY PRIZE FOR SCIENCE BOOKS As troubling as we pattern-seeking humans may find it, modern science has repeatedly shown us that randomness is the underlying heartbeat of nature. In Dice World, acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg takes readers on an incredible trip around our random universe, uncovering the truths and lies behind probability and statistics, explaining how chaotic intervention is behind every great success in business, and demonstrating the possibilities quantum mechanics has given us for creating unbreakable ciphers and undergoing teleportation. He explores how the 'clockwork universe' imagined by Newton, in which everything could be predicted given enough data, was disproved bit by bit, to be supplanted by chaos theory and quantum physics. Clegg reveals a world in which not only is accurate forecasting often impossible but probability is the only way for us to understand the fundamental nature of things. Forget the clockwork universe. Welcome to Dice World, a unique portrait of a startlingly complex cosmos, from the bizarre microscopic world of the quantum to the unfathomable mechanics of planetary movements, where very little is as it seems...
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Probability & statistics
9 (RLIN) 362601
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular astronomy & space
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650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular science
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Karachi Karachi Science 30/04/2016 4 6 523.1 PKLC006761 19/02/2019 16/02/2019 28/06/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Lahore Lahore Science 30/04/2016 4 6 523.1 PKLC001268 20/01/2021 20/10/2020 30/04/2016 Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17