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Quote Sheet: Obliquity

Why our goals are best achieved indirectly

John Kay


ISBN 1846682886

March 2010

Price £10.99

Hardback, 224 pp.

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‘John Kay builds on a great philosophical tradition – stretching back through Charles Darwin and Adam Smith – that understands how remarkable things can be achieved without anybody understanding how or even intending them. He has taken this idea and applied it with style to modern conundrums from the physics behind Beckham’s goals to the mathematics behind Buffett’s riches. A great book.’
— Matt Ridley, author Genome and Nature Via Nurture


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