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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives Capa dura - 2008
por Leonard Mlodinow
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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. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and obvious cases, when in actuality they are more profoundly influenced by chance.The rise and fall of your favorite movie star of the most reviled CEO--in fact, of all our destinies--reflects as much as planning and innate abilities. Even the legendary Roger Maris, who beat Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, was in all likelihood not great but just lucky. And it might be shocking to realize that you are twice as likely to be killed in a car accident on your way to buying a lottery ticket than you are to win the lottery.How could it have happened that a wine was given five out of five stars, the highest rating, in one journal and in another it was called the worst wine of the decade? Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how wine ratings, school grades, political polls, and many other things in daily life are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of change and revealing the psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives fresh insight into what is really meaningful and how we can make decisions based on a deeper truth. From the classroom to the courtroom, from financial markets to supermarkets, from the doctor's office to the Oval Office, Mlodinow's insights will intrigue, awe, and inspire.Offering readers not only a tour of randomness, chance, and probability but also a new way of looking at the world, this original, unexpected journey reminds us that much in our lives is about as predictable as the steps of a stumbling man fresh from a night at the bar.From the Hardcover edition.
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A few years ago a man won the Spanish national lottery with a ticket that ended in the number 48.
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- Título The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
- Autor Leonard Mlodinow
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Edição First Edition
- Páginas 252
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Pantheon Books, New York
- Data de publicação May 13, 2008
- Ilustrado Sim
- ISBN 9780375424045 / 0375424040
- Peso 1.13 libras (0.51 kg)
- Dimensão 9.3 x 6.34 x 1.03 in. (23.62 x 16.10 x 2.62 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Probabilities, Random variables
- Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 2007042507
- Dewey Decimal Code 519.2
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