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It's hard to see how miracles and math fit together. But if you accept Laszlo Mero's invitation, you will enter a world where miracles are normal and the predictable sits side-by-side with the unpredictable. Along the way, he unveils the mathematics of the stock market and explains, in a playful yet mathematically accurate way, the roots of market crashes and earthquakes, and why 'black swans' are not just calamities but opportunities. --Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, author of Linked Engaging, accessible, yet consistently surprising, Laszlo Mero's The Logic of Miracles breaks new ground in the relationship of probability, fate, and the ability of human beings to behold them. --Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock This is a masterpiece. Laszlo Mero, with intelligence and wisdom, summarizes knowledge of mathematics and statistics, philosophy and psychology, natural and social sciences, to explain the nature of 'miracles' of life. Scientific methods are explained brilliantly, spiked with anecdotes and dry humor. -- Erich Kirchler, University of Vienna, Austria

It's hard to see how miracles and math fit together. But if you accept Laszlo Mero's invitation, you will enter a world where miracles are normal and the predictable sits side-by-side with the unpredictable. Along the way, he unveils the mathematics of the stock market and explains, in a playful yet mathematically accurate way, the roots of market crashes and earthquakes, and why 'black swans' are not just calamities but opportunities. --Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, author of Linked Engaging, accessible, yet consistently surprising, Laszlo Mero's The Logic of Miracles breaks new ground in the relationship of probability, fate, and the ability of human beings to behold them. --Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock This is a masterpiece. Laszlo Mero, with intelligence and wisdom, summarizes knowledge of mathematics and statistics, philosophy and psychology, natural and social sciences, to explain the nature of 'miracles' of life. Scientific methods are explained brilliantly, spiked with anecdotes and dry humor. -- Erich Kirchler, University of Vienna, Austria

It's hard to see how miracles and math fit together. But if you accept L�szl� M�r�'s invitation, you will enter a world where miracles are normal and the predictable sits side-by-side with the unpredictable. Along the way, he unveils the mathematics of the stock market and explains, in a playful yet mathematically accurate way, the roots of market crashes and earthquakes, and why 'black swans' are not just calamities but opportunities. --Albert-L�szl� Barab�si, author of Linked Engaging, accessible, yet consistently surprising, Laszlo Mero's The Logic of Miracles breaks new ground in the relationship of probability, fate, and the ability of human beings to behold them. --Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock This is a masterpiece. Laszlo Mer�, with intelligence and wisdom, summarizes knowledge of mathematics and statistics, philosophy and psychology, natural and social sciences, to explain the nature of 'miracles' of life. Scientific methods are explained brilliantly, spiked with anecdotes and dry humor. -- Erich Kirchler, University of Vienna, Austria

It's hard to see how miracles and math fit together. But if you accept L szl M r 's invitation, you will enter a world where miracles are normal and the predictable sits side-by-side with the unpredictable. Along the way, he unveils the mathematics of the stock market and explains, in a playful yet mathematically accurate way, the roots of market crashes and earthquakes, and why 'black swans' are not just calamities but opportunities. --Albert-L szl Barab si, author of Linked Engaging, accessible, yet consistently surprising, Laszlo Mero's The Logic of Miracles breaks new ground in the relationship of probability, fate, and the ability of human beings to behold them. --Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock This is a masterpiece. Laszlo Mer , with intelligence and wisdom, summarizes knowledge of mathematics and statistics, philosophy and psychology, natural and social sciences, to explain the nature of 'miracles' of life. Scientific methods are explained brilliantly, spiked with anecdotes and dry humor. -- Erich Kirchler, University of Vienna, Austria

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László Mérő is a professor at the Institute of Psychology at Eötvös Loránd University and cofounder of the marketing firm Darwin’s Marketing Evolution, Inc. He is the author of several books, including Moral Calculations.

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