The Drunkard's Walk
How Randomness Rules Our Lives
$37.63
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2009
Summary
An exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding our random world.
Leonard Mlodinow reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting, winning the lottery to road safety, and reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes and film stars, and even how to make sense of a blood test.
The Drunkard’s Walk is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding our random world - read it, so you won’t b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141026473 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141026472 |
| Author: | Leonard Mlodinow |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2009 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 131mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists ! The result is a readable crash course in randomness.’ New York Times ‘If you’re strong enough to have some of your favorite assumptions challenged, please read the Drunkard’s Walk, a history, explanation, and exaltation of probability theory.’ Fortune magazine
Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow is a theoretical physicist and writer who has taught at Caltech and the Max Planck Institute of Physics. With Stephen Hawking, he co-authored two best-selling books: A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design. He is also the best-selling author of The Drunkard’s Walk, Subliminal, and Elastic.
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