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""What does complex system theory teach us about getting fired? How does the study of subatomic particles help us predict elections? In his insightful and entertaining new book, Zahaan Bharmal applies lessons from physics to identify elegant explanations for our messy world."" --Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Deep Work

""Joyful, fascinating and highly original - Zahaan Bharmal has no end of ideas for putting physics to work in everyday situations. If you're looking for a life hack, look no further!"" --Michael Brooks, author of 13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time ""What does complex system theory teach us about getting fired? How does the study of subatomic particles help us predict elections? In his insightful and entertaining new book, Zahaan Bharmal applies lessons from physics to identify elegant explanations for our messy world."" --Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity and Deep Work

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Zahaan Bharmal read physics at the University of Oxford. His early career was spent as a policy adviser and speech writer on Whitehall and at the World Bank, where he worked on a range of domestic and international policy issues. In 2005, he won a Fulbright scholarship to Stanford University where he earned an MBA. Since graduating, he has worked for Google, based in London and Silicon Valley and is currently senior director of strategy. Outside work, Zahaan writes about science for the Guardian and has won NASA's Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for services to science communication. He is a trustee of the National Autistic Society and lives in Yorkshire with his wife and two young sons.

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