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| International Standard Book Number | 9780375424045 (cloth) : |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0375424040 (cloth) : |
| Terms of availability | 24.95 |
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| Classification number | QA273 |
| Item number | .M63 2008 |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | QA 273 .M63 2008 |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | QA 273 .M63 2008 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mlodinow, Leonard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1954- |
| 9 (RLIN) | 90574 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The drunkard's walk : |
| Remainder of title | how randomness rules our lives / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Leonard Mlodinow. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Pantheon Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 252 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ch. 1. Peering through the Eyepiece of Randomness: The hidden role of chance...when human beings can be outperformed by a rat -- Ch. 2. The Laws of Truths and Half-Truths: The basic principles of probability and how they are abused...why a good story is often less likely to be true than a flimsy explanation -- Ch. 3. Finding Your Way through a Space of Possibilities: A framework for thinking about random situations...from a gambler in plague-ridden Italy to Lets Make a Deal -- Ch. 4. Tracking the Pathways to Success: How to count the number of ways in which events can happen, and why it matters...the mathematical meaning of expectation -- Ch. 5. The Dueling Laws of Large and Small Numbers: The extent to which probabilities are reflected in the results we observe...Zenos paradox, the concept of limits, and beating the casino at roulette -- Ch. 6. False Positives and Positive Fallacies: How to adjust expectations in light of past events or new knowledge...mistakes in conditional probability from medical screening to the O. J. Simpson trial and the prosecutors fallacy -- Ch. 7. Measurement and the Law of Errors: The meaning and lack of meaning in measurements...the bell curve and wine ratings, political polls, grades, and the position of planets -- Ch. 8. The Order in Chaos: How large numbers can wash out the disorder of randomness...or why 200,000,000 drivers form a creature of habit -- Ch. 9. Illusions of Patterns and Patterns of Illusion: Why we are often fooled by the regularities in chance events...can a million consecutive zeroes or the success of Wall Street gurus be random? -- Ch. 10. The Drunkards Walk: Why chance is a more fundamental conception than causality...Bruce Willis, Bill Gates, and the normal accident theory of life. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Random variables. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Probabilities. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 11067 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Chance. |
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