Beyond Coincidence
Beyond Coincidence
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This is a collection of over 200 stories of amazing coincidence and an exploration of the mystery and mathematics of synchronicity.
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Beyond Coincidence by Martin Plimmer
Laura Buxton, aged 10, released a balloon from her garden in Staffordshire, which landed 140 miles away in Wiltshire, in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged 10. Coincidence? Or beyond coincidence? Two sisters driving separate vehicles on a rural highway in Alabama collided head-on, killing both women as they went to see each other. Is someone playing snap with the universe? Is it the hand of God? Or magic? Or are we being granted an insight into a hyper-connected universe of whose web-like workings even scientists are only vaguely aware? And what do those scientists say about it? What are the odds against mathematician Ian Stewart being struck by a meteorite moments after discussing the phenomenal odds against such a thing happening? Beyond Coincidence comes up with some fascinating answers.
Martin Plimmer is a journalist and broadcaster. Once, while in the waiting room of a hospital after banging his head, Martin found a two-year-old magazine open at an article he had written on the subject of headaches.
Brian King is an award-winning pioneer of radio fly-on-the-wall documentaries; the producer of a hundreds of programmes for BBC Radio 4.
Brian King is an award-winning pioneer of radio fly-on-the-wall documentaries; the producer of a hundreds of programmes for BBC Radio 4.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781840465341 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840465344 |
| Title | Beyond Coincidence |
| Author | Martin Plimmer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Icon Books |
| Year published | 2004-03-04 |
| Number of pages | 308 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |