Contents

Editor's Note
The Quest

Part 1: The Breaks
Chapter 1 - The Blessed and the Cursed
Chapter 2 - Two Lives

Part 2: Speculations on the Nature of Luck: Some Scientific Tries
Chapter 1 - The Randomness Theory
Chapter 2 - The Psychic Theories
Chapter 3 - The Synchronicity Theory

Part 3: Speculations on the Nature of Luck: Some Occult and Mystical Tries
Chapter 1 - Numbers
Chapter 2 - Destiny and God
Chapter 3 - Charms, Signs and Portents

Part 4: The Luck Adjustment
The Quest
Chapter 1 - The Spiderweb Structure
Chapter 2 - The Hunching Skill
Chapter 3 - "Audentes Fortuna Juvat"
Chapter 4 - The Ratchet Effect
Chapter 5 - The Pessimism Paradox