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13 : The World's Most Popular Superstition
Lachenmeyer Nathaniel
13 : The World's Most Popular Superstition /Nathaniel Lachenmeyer - London, Profile, 2004 - xiii, 212 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes index
"Nathaniel Lachenmeyer uncovers the history, psychology and evolution of unlucky 13. But this is also a book about superstition in general - why do people believe in superstitions, knowing them to be irrational? How and why do superstitions die out?" "Unlucky 13 is the world's most universal superstition. Why? Nathaniel Lachenmeyer reveals its origins, and also the myths surrounding them."--Jacket
9781861976284
bijgeloof friday the thirteenth superstition superstitions thirteen (the number)
001.96 / LAC
13 : The World's Most Popular Superstition /Nathaniel Lachenmeyer - London, Profile, 2004 - xiii, 212 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes index
"Nathaniel Lachenmeyer uncovers the history, psychology and evolution of unlucky 13. But this is also a book about superstition in general - why do people believe in superstitions, knowing them to be irrational? How and why do superstitions die out?" "Unlucky 13 is the world's most universal superstition. Why? Nathaniel Lachenmeyer reveals its origins, and also the myths surrounding them."--Jacket
9781861976284
bijgeloof friday the thirteenth superstition superstitions thirteen (the number)
001.96 / LAC