Reviews
"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 Book Review "A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives." --Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time "[Mlodinow] thinks in equations but explains in anecdote, simile, and occasional bursts of neon. . . . The results are mind-bending." -- Fortune "Even if you begin The Drunkard's Walk as a skeptic, by the time you reach the final pages, you will gain an understanding-if not acceptance-of the intuitively improbable ways that probability biases the outcomes of life's uncertainties." -- Barron's "Delightfully entertaining." -- Scientific American "A magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. The probability is high that you will be entertained and enlightened by this intelligent charmer." --Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness "Mlodinow is the perfect guy to reveal the ways unrelated elements can relate and connect." -- The Miami Herald "A primer on the science of probability." -- The Washington Post Book World "Challenges our intuitions about probability and explores how, by understanding randomness, we can better grasp our world." -- Seed Magazine "Mlodinow has an intimate perspective on randomness." -- The Austin Chronicle, "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 Book Review "A magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. The probability is high that you will be entertained and enlightened by this intelligent charmer." -Daniel Gilbert, author ofStumbling on Happiness "Mlodinow is the perfect guy to reveal the ways unrelated elements can relate and connect." -The Miami Herald "A history, explanation, and exaltation of probability theory.... Mlodinow thinks in equations but explains in anecdote, simile, and occasional bursts of neon.... The results are mind-bending." -Fortune "A primer on the science of probability." -The Washington Post Book World "A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives." -Stephen Hawking "Challenges our intuitions about probability and explores how, by understanding randomness, we can better grasp our world." -Seed Magazine "Mlodinow has an intimate perspective on randomness." -The Austin Chronicle "Even if you beginThe Drunkard's Walkas a skeptic, by the time you reach the final pages, you will gain an understanding-not acceptance-of the intuitively improbable ways that probability biases the outcomes of life's uncertainties." -Barron's, "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 Book Review "A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives."-Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time "[Mlodinow] thinks in equations but explains in anecdote, simile, and occasional bursts of neon. . . . The results are mind-bending."- Fortune "Even if you begin The Drunkard's Walk as a skeptic, by the time you reach the final pages, you will gain an understanding-if not acceptance-of the intuitively improbable ways that probability biases the outcomes of life's uncertainties."- Barron's "Delightfully entertaining."- Scientific American "A magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. The probability is high that you will be entertained and enlightened by this intelligent charmer." -Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness "Mlodinow is the perfect guy to reveal the ways unrelated elements can relate and connect."- The Miami Herald "A primer on the science of probability."- The Washington Post Book World "Challenges our intuitions about probability and explores how, by understanding randomness, we can better grasp our world." - Seed Magazine "Mlodinow has an intimate perspective on randomness."- The Austin Chronicle, "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 Book Review "A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives." -Stephen Hawking, author ofA Brief History of Time "[Mlodinow] thinks in equations but explains in anecdote, simile, and occasional bursts of neon. . . . The results are mind-bending." -Fortune "Even if you begin The Drunkard's Walk as a skeptic, by the time you reach the final pages, you will gain an understanding-if not acceptance-of the intuitively improbable ways that probability biases the outcomes of life's uncertainties." -Barron's "Delightfully entertaining." -Scientific American "A magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. The probability is high that you will be entertained and enlightened by this intelligent charmer." -Daniel Gilbert, author ofStumbling on Happiness "Mlodinow is the perfect guy to reveal the ways unrelated elements can relate and connect." -The Miami Herald "A primer on the science of probability." -The Washington Post Book World "Challenges our intuitions about probability and explores how, by understanding randomness, we can better grasp our world." -Seed Magazine "Mlodinow has an intimate perspective on randomness." -The Austin Chronicle, "A wonderfully readable guide to how the mathematical laws of randomness affect our lives."--Stephen Hawking, author ofA Brief History of Time "The Drunkard's Walkis a magnificent exploration of the role that chance plays in our lives. Often historical, occasionally hysterical, and consistently smart and funny, this book challenges everything we think we know about how the world works. The probability is high that you will be entertained and enlightened by this intelligent charmer."--Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology, Harvard University, and author ofStumbling on Happiness "Fast, chatty, very readable, and a fine introduction to ideas that everyone should know." --David Berlinski, author ofA Tour of the Calculus "A primer on the science of probability."The Washington Post Book World "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 Book Review "A jaunty read worthy of any beach or airplane. . . . Mlodinow has an intimate perspective on randomness. . . . He draws direct links from the works of history's greatest minds to the deeds of today's not-so-great ones, explaining phenomena like the prosecutor's fallacy (which helped acquit O.J. Simpson) and the iPod shuffle function (eventually programmed not to be truly random, lest songs hit upon eerie playing streaks)."The Austin Chronicle "Please readThe Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Livesby Leonard Mlodinow, a history, explanation, and exaltation of probability theory. . . . Mlodinow . . . thinks in equations but explains in anecdote, simile, and occasional bursts of neon. . . .The results are mind-bending."Fortune "Challenges our intuitions about probability and explores how, by understanding randomness, we can better grasp our world."Seed Magazine "[Mlodinow is] the perfect guy to reveal the ways unrelated elements can relate and connect."The Miami Herald From the Hardcover edition.
