- Probabilities, Chance, Random variables, Mathematics
In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback.
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- Author
- Leonard Mlodinow
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 252
- Publisher
- Pantheon, Rizzoli, Companhia das Letras
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- tur, English, Italian, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780141026473
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“A few years ago a man won the Spanish national lottery with a ticket that ended in the number 48.”
Leonard Mlodinow is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author. He is known to a wider audience through his books, for the general public, five of which have been New York Times best-sellers. *-- Wikipedia* *Photo Attribution:* Martin.haburaj, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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