| The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Contributor(s): Mlodinow, Leonard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307275175 ISBN-13: 9780307275172 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: An intriguing and illuminating look at how randomness, chance, and probability affect our daily lives. Successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear causes, when actually they are profoundly influenced by randomness and chance. Here, with the sense of narrative and imaginative approach of a storyteller, Leonard Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how wine ratings, corporate success, school grades, and political polls are less reliable than we believe. Showing us the true nature of chance and revealing the psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow provides the tools we need for more informed decision making. From the classroom to the courtroom and from financial markets to supermarkets, Mlodinow's insights will intrigue, awe, and inspire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Chaotic Behavior In Systems - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General - Science | Life Sciences - General |
| Dewey: 519.2 |
| LCCN: 2009419531 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |