Leonard Mlodinow's "The Drunkard's Walk: How
Randomness Rules Our Lives" is an exhilarating,
eye-opening guide to understanding our random
world. Randomness and uncertainty surround
everything we do. So why are we so bad at
understanding them? The 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. "The Drunkard's Walk" reveals the
psychological illusions that prevent us
understanding everything from stock-picking to
wine-tasting - read it, or risk becoming another
victim of chance. "A wonderfully readable guide to
how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our
lives". (Stephen Hawking, author of "A Brief
History of Time"). "Delightful...Our lives may be
shaped by chance, but they are enriched by
awareness - just the sort of awareness that this
fascinating book will give you". ("Guardian").
"Mlodinow writes in a breezy style, interspersing
probabilistic mind-benders with portraits of
theorists...The result is a readable crash course
in randomness". ("The New York Times"). "Please
read "The Drunkard's Walk" by Leonard Mlodinow, a
history, explanation, and exaltation of
probability theory...The results are
mind-bending". ("Fortune"). Leonard Mlodinow has a
Ph.D., has been a member of the faculty of the
California Institute of Technology and a
television writer in Hollywood, as well as
developing many award winning CD-ROMs. He is
currently Vice President of Emerging Technologies
and R&D at Scholastic Inc. and lives in New York
City. His previous books include "A Brief History
of Time", which he co-authored, as well as
"Euclid's Window" and "Some Time with Feynman",
both published by Penguin.