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The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow (2008, Hardcover)
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Author: Leonard Mlodinow
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Publication Date: 2008-05-13
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0375424040
ISBN-13: 9780375424045
Product ID: EPID63182212
Description: Mathematician Leonard Mlodinow, author of FEYNMAN'S RAINBOW and co-author with Stephen Hawking of A BRIEFER HISTORY OF TIME, has written a highly readable and mind-bending primer on the peculiar and often deceptive world of probability. ...
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The randomness of randomnessI really enjoyed the anecdotes, the history, and the mathmatical/probability examples. Things make a lot more sense when viewed with probability graphs. This would be considered light reading for intellectuals, so for me, Jo Average, it was new and opened my mind to a new way of thinking. It's a good library choice.
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) If you liked Malcolm Gladwell's Blink and Tipping Point, or Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt's Freakonomics, you will like this book.
Mlodinow illustrates principles of probability with real life examples. He writes clearly and keeps the reader's interest.
The title "The Drunkard's Walk" refers to Random Walk Theory, which is popular in stock and commodity trading.
Mlodinow illustrates principles of probability with real life examples. He writes clearly and keeps the reader's interest.
The title "The Drunkard's Walk" refers to Random Walk Theory, which is popular in stock and commodity trading.
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