The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives

Informationen zum Autor Leonard Mlodinow is the best selling author of The Drunkard's Walk, Subliminal and Elastic . He co-authored two books with Stephen Hawking and later wrote an acclaimed memoir, Stephen Hawking , about their time together. He has written for television, including multiple episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as helping Steven Spielberg and Robin Williams make a video game. There are now over one million copies of Leonard Mlodinow's books in print. Klappentext Leonard Mlodinow is a theoretical physicist and writer who has taught at Caltech and the Max Planck Institute of Physics. With Stephen Hawking, he co-authored two best-selling books: A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design. He is also the best-selling author of The Drunkard's Walk , Subliminal and Elastic . Zusammenfassung Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? This title reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting.

Product details

• Authors: Leonard Mlodinow
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.04.2009
• EAN: 9780141026473
• ISBN: 978-0-14-102647-3
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, Probability & statistics, Popular and recreational mathematics, Probability and statistics