The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Vintage)
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I was stuck at Washington Dulles airport waiting for a delayed flight, and there was a Borders - of course I was going to buy a book! (Yes, I already had a suitcase full of books I picked up at the convention, but why let a little fact like that stop me from buying another one?)
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Fascinating look at the way the human brain fails when it comes to statistics and probability, meaning that our gut instincts often get it wrong. Well written, but I would have liked to see some equations - I can understand why the author left them out, not wanting to intimidate people, but it was frustrating to not always be able to follow the mathematical trail to his solutions. He could have at least put them in an appendix or something.
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