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- catalog abstract "The author, a philosopher, offers examples from antiquity to the present of how luck or chance influences life and of how to come to terms with life in a chaotic world.".
- catalog contributor b8577786.
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description "I. Enigmas of Chance -- II. Failures of Foresight -- III. Different Faces of Luck -- IV. Infinity of Accidents -- V. Visions of Sugarplums -- VI. Philosophers of Gambling -- VII. Musings of Moralists -- VIII. Can the Tiger Be Tamed? -- IX. Life in a Halfway House -- Appendix: Taking Luck's Measure.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-231) and index.".
- catalog description "The author, a philosopher, offers examples from antiquity to the present of how luck or chance influences life and of how to come to terms with life in a chaotic world.".
- catalog extent "ix, 237 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0374194289 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,".
- catalog subject "123/.3 20".
- catalog subject "BD595 .R47 1995".
- catalog subject "Chance.".
- catalog subject "Fate and fatalism.".
- catalog subject "Fortune.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Enigmas of Chance -- II. Failures of Foresight -- III. Different Faces of Luck -- IV. Infinity of Accidents -- V. Visions of Sugarplums -- VI. Philosophers of Gambling -- VII. Musings of Moralists -- VIII. Can the Tiger Be Tamed? -- IX. Life in a Halfway House -- Appendix: Taking Luck's Measure.".
- catalog title "Luck : the brilliant randomness of everyday life / Nicholas Rescher.".
- catalog type "text".