The popular science work on the theory of probability and mathematical statistics is composed of historical digressions, personal memories and numerous stories about well-known events with a probabilistic background. So how does chance govern our lives, and why do we go wrong relying on intuition and confusing a simple sequence of events in time with causal relationships?
The popular science work on the theory of probability and mathematical statistics is composed of historical digressions, personal memories and numerous stories about well-known events with a probabilistic background. So how does chance govern our lives, and why do we go wrong relying on intuition and confusing a simple sequence of events in time with causal relationships? Where can we see the imprint of randomness in our lives, and what difference does it make if we learn to recognize it in fields as diverse as stock markets to psychology, and from bakeries to the film industry? This is a virtuoso-scientific and fascinatingly entertaining book by Leonard Mlodinov, a physicist involved in quantum mechanics, popularizer of science and co-author Stephen Hawking. Already one last circumstance can serve as a brilliant recommendation to the author.
Gayatri/Livebook, 352 p.