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Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-
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Random variables.
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The Drunkard's walk ...
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The Drunkard's walk [electronic resource] : how randomness rules our lives / Leonard Mlodinow.
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Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-
New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
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Random variables.
Probabilities.
Chance.
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http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=CF772E56-93F3-4AD8-A000-48C6219BDE7A
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9780307377548 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
0307377547 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
Contents:
Peering through the eyepiece of randomness: the hidden role of chance . . . when human beings can be outperformed by a rat -- The laws of truths and half-truths: the basic principles of probability and how they are abused . . . why a good story is often less likely to be true than a flimsy explanation -- Finding your way through a space of possibilities: a framework for thinking about random situations . . . from a gambler in plague-ridden Italy to Let's Make a Deal -- Tracking the pathways to success: how to count the number of ways in which events can happen, and why it matters . . . the mathematical meaning of expectation -- The dueling laws of large and small numbers: the extent to which probabilities are reflected in the results we observe . . . Zeno's paradox, the concept of limits, and beating the casino at roulette -- False positives and positive fallacies: how to adjust expectations in light of past events or new knowledge . . . mistakes in conditional probability from medical screening to the O. J. Simpson trial and the prosecutor's fallacy -- Measurement and the law of errors: the meaning and lack of meaning in measurements . . . the bell curve and wine ratings, political polls, grades, and the position of planets -- The order in chaos: how large numbers can wash out the disorder of randomness . . . or why 200,000,000 drivers form a creature of habit -- Illusions of patterns and patterns of illusion: why we are often fooled by the regularities in chance events . . . can a million consecutive zeroes or the success of Wall Street gurus be random? -- The drunkard's walk: why chance is a more fundamental conception than causality . . . Bruce Willis, Bill Gates, and the normal accident theory of life.
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An irreverent look at how randomness influences our lives, and how our successes and failures are far more dependent on chance events than we recognize.
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