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The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover)
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The Drunkard's Walk : How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Hardcover)
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from sjmccreary
I was fascinated by this book. What began with a discussion about probability and how easy it is to lie with those statistics, ended up with a rather philosophical look at whether it is prudent or necessary to make life plans - since the author claims that a great deal of what happens in life is ...
from themulhern
This book included lots of imaginary vignettes intended to be humorous but not. It also includes some brief stories about the time Mlodinow's parents spent in a German concentration camp which are supposed to illustrate some moral but do not. And, on top of all that it includes capsule biographie...
from sjmccreary
I was fascinated by this book. What began with a discussion about probability and how easy it is to lie with those statistics, ended up with a rather philosophical look at whether it is prudent or necessary to make life plans - since the author claims that a great deal of what happens in life is ...
from Lenaphoenix
The Drunkard's Walk is a book about randomness, a topic that most people, unless they happen to be mathematicians or have a strange fascination with statistics, probably don't think too much about. As a species, in fact, we generally prefer not to dwell on randomness, but rather to assume that we...
from Sovranty
Mlodnow applies theories of probability and statics to modern circumstances after describing the environment in which each theory was created. While the biographies were a bit tedious at times, it was nonetheless interesting to see what drove the individuals towards the development of these theor...
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