How to Expect the Unexpected

A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023''Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman''Absolutely fascinating'' James O''Brien''An exceptional book - readable, fu ...

A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023''Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman''Absolutely fascinating'' James O''Brien''An exceptional book - readable, funny and more needed than ever'' Dr Chris van Tulleken, bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People· Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball?· How can you be one hundred per cent sure you will win a bet?· Why did so many Pompeiians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting?· How do you prevent a nuclear war?Ever since the dawn of human civilisation, we have bee