TY - BOOK AU - Lachenmeyer Nathaniel TI - 13 : The World's Most Popular Superstition SN - 9781861976284 U1 - 001.96 PY - 2004/// CY - London PB - Profile, KW - bijgeloof friday the thirteenth superstition superstitions thirteen (the number) N1 - index N2 - "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 ER -