Odds Against Tomorrow
New York City, the near future: Mitchell Zukor works on the cutting edge of corporate irresponsibility, and business is booming. A brilliant mathematician, he spends his days calculating worst-case scenarios for FutureWorld, a consulting firm that indemnifies corporations against potential disasters. As Mitchell immerses himself in the calculus of catastrophe, he exchanges letters with Elsa Bruner-a college crush with her own apocalyptic secret-and becomes obsessed by a culture's fears. When Mitchell's darkest predictions come true and an actual worst-case scenario engulfs Manhattan, he realizes that he is uniquely prepared to profit. But wha…
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- ISBN: 978-1-250-04364-1
- EAN: 9781250043641
- Produktnummer: 14907228
- Verlag: Picador
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.7 cm 288 g
- Gewicht: 288
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