Why the Toast Always Lands Butter Side Down etc

by Richard Robinson (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.25

  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.

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $16.39

  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.