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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
by Leonard Mlodinow
from Pantheon
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Great book, received from Amazon in poor condition when book was said to be "new" 
Great book, received from Amazon in poor condition when book was said to be "new"
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Interesting, but with a flawed opening example 
Mlodinow's work is solid and entertaining, but I was surprised at his introductory anecdote of when he was drawn to studying randomness.
I love baseball and revel in its stories. The tale of Roger Maris' star-crossed home run-filled season in 1961 has been written about so much that even someone too young to recall its details, like me, has now read enough to know the facts. Too bad that Mlodinow doesn't.
Aside from the odd suggestion that athletic feats are as random as flipping a coin, I could... more info
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An extremely enjoyable read 
It is always a pleasure to find an author who can write about complex issues and make the writing lucid and entertaining! Leonard does just this. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the forces which influence our lives...
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Excellent Anecdotal Introduction to How Randomness Fools Us
Have you ever flipped a coin 100 times to see the sequence of heads and tails that comes up? If you have, you know that there can be long streaks of heads and tails. Random results that end up 50-50 don't look that way in the short term.
Human perception is such that we like to find patterns where none exist. I remember the CEO of a company I worked for would draw a trend line through one data point with great authority, totally unaware of what he was doing.
More often, we judge by samples of... more info
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