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OCoLC |
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20180722205536.0 |
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090608r20092008nyua b 001 0 eng |
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2009419531 |
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0307275175 |
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9780307275172 |
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AU@ |
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000044286072 |
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AU@ |
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000044389404 |
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(OCoLC)259266137 |
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DLC |
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DLC |
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BTCTA |
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YDXCP |
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FTB |
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NFG |
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NFGA |
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| Classification number |
519.2 |
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M685 |
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| Personal name |
Mlodinow, Leonard, |
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1954- |
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120352 |
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| Title |
The Drunkard's walk : |
| Remainder of title |
how randomness rules our lives / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Leonard Mlodinow. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
How randomness rules our lives |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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1st Vintage Books ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Pantheon Books, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xi, 252 p. : |
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ill. ; |
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25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2008. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Title |
Prologue -- |
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ch. 1. |
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Peering through the eyepiece of randomness : the hidden role of chance : when human beings can be outperformed by a rat -- |
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ch. 2. The |
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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 -- |
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ch. 3. |
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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 -- |
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ch. 4. |
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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 -- |
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ch. 5. The |
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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 -- |
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ch. 6. |
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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 -- |
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ch. 7. |
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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 -- |
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ch. 8. The |
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order in chaos : how large numbers can wash out the disorder of randomness : or why 200,000,000 drivers form a creature of habit -- |
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ch. 9. |
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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? -- |
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ch. 10. The |
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drunkard's walk : why chance is a more fundamental conception than causality : Bruce Willis, Bill Gates, and the normal accident theory of life -- |
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Acknowledgments -- |
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Notes -- |
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Index . |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| 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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Chance. |
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97860 |
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Probabilities. |
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120353 |
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Random variables. |
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97861 |
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Adult Book |
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