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Wenn Gott würfelt oder Wie der Zufall unser Leben bestimmt - Leonard Mlodinow, Monika Niehaus
Wenn Gott würfelt oder Wie der Zufall unser Leben bestimmt
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9783499625510 (3499625512)
Publisher: rororo
Pages no: 320
Edition language: Deutsch
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Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story
Steeped in Science, Submersed in Story rated it
4.0 The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
This is just a really good, basic introduction to understanding statistics and their applications to social sciences and natural sciences, sports, the world of finance, and everywhere we see patterns in life. It has a heavy historical slant, telling the stories of how theories were developed, and I...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it
5.0 Correlation, Causality, and Random Fluctuations
~~Moved from GR~~ The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow Agh, I love this book. The first time I read it, I hadn't yet encountered The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference or Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythi...
SF Fan Man
SF Fan Man rated it
If we were all unfeeling iRobots (floor cleaners) who respond to the random encounters in our lives by simply changing direction then the premise of this book is justified, for we would all follow our individual drunkard's walks to whatever probabilistic future awaits us. However taking this a step ...
Osho
Osho rated it
My bone to pick with this popular stats/probability text is that Mlodinow indulges in the same sloppy examples and logic that marred so many of my math and science classes. If you're going to talk probability, stick with dice. As a nerd from the early days of Dungeons and Dragons, I completely under...
mathstalio
mathstalio rated it
3.0 The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
I think this book is a must-read for any person who considers themselves an informed citizen: it reveals the misunderstanding of probability and statistics that a majority of the population has and will enable you to determine the true significance of polls, surveys, and statistics thrown out in cur...
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