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Leonard Mlodinow
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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives |
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English |
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Paperback |
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272 |
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2009-04-02 |
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0141026472 |
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Penguin |
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0.44 pounds |
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0.63 x 5.08 x 7.8 inches |
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 272 Publisher: Penguin 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 be left a victim of chance.Contents : Prologue Chapter 1: Peering through the Eyepiece of Randomness The hidden role of chance ... when human beings can be outperformed by a rat.Chapter 2: The Laws of Truths and Half-TruthsThe basic principles of probability and how they are abused. .. why a good story is often less likely to be true than a flimsy explanation.Chapter 3: Finding Your Way through a Space of PossibilitiesA framewor...
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