Copyright © 2008 by Leonard Mlodinow

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mlodinow, Leonard, [date]

The Drunkard’s walk: how randomness rules our lives / Leonard Mlodinow.

p. cm.

1. Random variables. 2. Probabilities. 3. Chance. I. Title.

QA273.M63 2008

519.2—dc22                                                                                  2007042507

Ebook ISBN 9780307377548

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