The drunkard's walk : how randomness rules our lives
Record details
- ISBN: 9780375424045
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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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Subject: | Chance Probabilities Random variables |
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Winkler Library | 519. 2 Mlo (Text) | 35864002166435 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |