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Make your own luck by understanding probability Over the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance?only to fail dismally. W
The Drunkard's Walk
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the classroom to the courtroom and from financial markets to supermarkets, an intriguing and illuminating look at how randomness, c
The Improbability Principle
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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace.