The Drunkard's Walk
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The Drunkard's Walk by Leonard Mlodinow
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."Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists.... The result is a readable crash course in randomness." --The New York Times Book Review
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. From the classroom to the courtroom and from financial markets to supermarkets, Mlodinow's intriguing and illuminating look at how randomness, chance, and probability affect our daily lives will intrigue, awe, and inspire.
Leonard Mlodinow, Ph.D., was a member of the California Institute of Technology faculty before heading to Hollywood to work as a writer on a variety of television shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation and Night Court. He's also written a number of best-selling and award-winning educational CD-ROMs and given technical and public talks in ten different countries. He is currently the Vice President of Scholastic Inc.'s Emerging Technologies and R&D. He currently resides in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307275172 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307275175 |
| Title | The Drunkard's Walk |
| Author | Leonard Mlodinow |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2009-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Winner of Library Journal's Top Science Titles 2008 |
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