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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ISBN:9780375424045
Physical Description:xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Peering through the eyepiece of randomness -- The laws of truths and half-truths -- Finding your way through a space of possibilities -- Tracking the pathways to success -- The dueling laws of large and small numbers -- False positives and positive fallacies -- Measurement and the law of errors -- The order in chaos -- Illusions of patterns and patterns of illusion -- The drunkard's walk.
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