{"product_id":"the-drunkards-walk-9780141026473","title":"The Drunkards Walk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Mlodinow''s \u003ci\u003eThe Drunkard''s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding our random world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRandomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe same tools that help us understand the random paths of molecules can be applied to the randomness that governs so many aspects of our everyday lives, from winning the lottery to road safety, and reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes and film stars, and even how to make sense of a blood test.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Drunkard''s Walk\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting - read it, or risk becoming another victim of chance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives'' Stephen Hawking, author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of theorists ! The result is a readable crash course in randomness.' New York Times  'If you're strong enough to have some of your favorite assumptions challenged, please read the Drunkard's Walk, a history, explanation, and exaltation of probability theory.' Fortune magazine","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732396093783,"sku":"9780141026473","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141026473.jpg?v=1719996697","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-drunkards-walk-9780141026473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}