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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

Leonard Mlodinow

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#3313 of 3,809 books · #458 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2009).

The Drunkard's Walk was a National Bestseller. From the classroom to the courtroom and from financial markets to supermarkets, an intriguing and illuminating look at how randomness, chance, and probability affect our daily lives that will intrigue, awe, and inspire. With the born storyteller's command of narrative and imaginative approach, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how our lives are profoundly informed by chance and randomness and how everything from wine ratings and corporate success to school grades and political polls are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives us the tools we need to make more informed decisions.

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Publisher
Vintage
ISBN-13
9780307377548
Topics
Probability and randomnessStatistics in everyday lifeCognitive biases and decision-making

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