The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
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On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher
Six Easy Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher is a publishing first. This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard P. Feynman's landmark work, Lectu…
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The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and Heretics
From the National Book Award-winning and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of The Gnostic Gospels comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition.
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
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Six Not So Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time
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Fermat's Enigma
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