The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
- ISBN-10
- 0307275175
- ISBN-13
- 9780307275172
- Series
- The Drunkard's Walk
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Leonard Mlodinow
Description
An irreverent look at how randomness influences our lives, and how our successes and failures are far more dependent on chance events than we recognize.
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