Fluke

BOOK SUMMARY

This captivating illustration of the follies of trying to model and forecast the unpredictable world is both empowering and compelling, challenging our most fundamental assumptions.

If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same? Or could making an accidental phone call or missing an exit off the highway change not just your life, but history itself?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brian Klaas grew up in Minnesota, earned his DPhil at Oxford, and is now a professor of global politics at University College London. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic, host of the award-winning Power Corrupts podcast, and a frequent guest on national television. He has conducted field research across the globe and advised major politicians and organizations including NATO and the European Union.

PRAISE

“Provides a captivating illustration of the follies of trying to model and forecast the unpredictable world we inhabit.”
—Financial Times

“Fluke is full of examples of mind-boggling randomness.”
—The New Statesman

“Fluke is provocative and compelling, bringing the complex relationship between order and chaos vividly alive.”
—New Scientist

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Trade paperback
336 pages
Non-fiction
8.4 in H | 5.5 in W | 1 in T | 0.6 lb