The Drunkard's walk : how randomness rules our lives / Leonard Mlodinow.
By: Mlodinow, Leonard.
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BookPublisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780375424045 (trade); 0375424040.Subject(s): Random variables | Probabilities | Chance | Probabilities | ChanceDDC classification: 519.2 Summary: Reveals the impact chance has on a person's day to day life, explaining how wine ratings, school grades, political polls, health, and other factors of daily life are based more on chance than reliable information and examining how psychological factors have led people to underestimate the power of chance.
Reveals the impact chance has on a person's day to day life, explaining how wine ratings, school grades, political polls, health, and other factors of daily life are based more on chance than reliable information and examining how psychological factors have led people to underestimate the power of chance.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.
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