RADICAL UNCERTAINTY (Record no. 97899)
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| fixed length control field | 01492 a2200157 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781408712597 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330 |
| Cutter | KIN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | King Mervyn |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | RADICAL UNCERTAINTY |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The Bridge Street Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2020 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Great Britain |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 528 |
| 520 ## - Remark | |
| Summary, etc | This major, critically acclaimed work asks a vitally important question for today: when uncertainty is all around us, and the facts are not clear, how can we make good decisions?<br/><br/>We do not know what the future will hold, particularly in the midst of a crisis, but we must make decisions anyway. We regularly crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have, forgetting that humans are successful because we have adapted to an environment that we understand only imperfectly. Throughout history we have developed a variety of ways of coping with the radical uncertainty that defines our lives.<br/><br/>This incisive and eye-opening book draws on biography, history, mathematics, economics and philosophy to highlight the most successful - and most short-sighted - methods of dealing with an unknowable future. Ultimately, the authors argue, the prevalent method of our age falls short, giving us a false understanding of our power to make predictions, leading to many of the problems we experience today.<br/><br/>Source: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/mervyn-king/radical-uncertainty/9781408712603/ |
| 906 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN) | |
| a | Economics |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Collection Type | Programme | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Cost, replacement price | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Reference book | Main Library | Main Library | Economics | 28/04/2023 | Amazon | 799.00 | Foreign Book | 330 KIN | 118813 | 06/09/2023 | 19/07/2023 | 799.00 | Book |
