{"product_id":"dice-world-brian-clegg-9781848315167","title":"Dice World: Science and Life in a Random Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 WINTON ROYAL SOCIETY PRIZE FOR SCIENCE BOOKS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs troubling as we pattern-seeking humans may find it, modern science has repeatedly shown us that randomness is the underlying heartbeat of nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForget 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Clegg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848315163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848315167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Brian Clegg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48445809000703,"sku":"9781848315167","price":18.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9acd51c4-932d-461f-9f56-9f2bd56aeb06.jpg?v=1777220794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dice-world-brian-clegg-9781848315167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}