MARC Record from Marygrove College

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050 00 $aQA273$b.M63 2008
082 00 $a519.2$222
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aMlodinow, Leonard,$d1954-
245 14 $aThe Drunkard's walk :$bhow randomness rules our lives /$cLeonard Mlodinow.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$c©2008.
300 $axi, 252 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPeering through the eyepiece of randomness : the hidden role of chance : when human beings can be outperformed by a rat -- 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 -- Finding your way through a space of possibilities : a framework for thinking about random situations : from a gambler in plague-ridden Italy to Let's Make a Deal -- 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 -- The dueling laws of large and small numbers : the extent to which probabilities are reflected in the results we observe : Zeno's paradox, the concept of limits, and beating the casino at roulette -- 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 prosecutor's fallacy -- 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 -- 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 -- 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? -- The drunkard's walk : why chance is a more fundamental conception than causality : Bruce Willis, Bill Gates, and the normal accident theory of life.
520 $aAn irreverent look at how randomness influences our lives, and how our successes and failures are far more dependent on chance events than we recognize.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aRandom variables.
650 0 $aProbabilities.
650 0 $aChance.
650 7 $aChance.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00852032
650 7 $aProbabilities.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01077737
650 7 $aRandom variables.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01089812
650 7 $aSannolikhet.$2sao
650 7 $aSlumpen.$2sao
655 7 $aPopular works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423846
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip082/2007042507.html
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