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发表于2024-12-22
The Drunkard's Walk pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
In this irreverent and illuminating book, acclaimed writer and scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, change, and probability reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often attributed to clear and obvious cases, when in actuality they are more profoundly influenced by chance.
The rise and fall of your favorite movie star of the most reviled CEO--in fact, of all our destinies--reflects as much as planning and innate abilities. Even the legendary Roger Maris, who beat Babe Ruth's single-season home run record, was in all likelihood not great but just lucky. And it might be shocking to realize that you are twice as likely to be killed in a car accident on your way to buying a lottery ticket than you are to win the lottery.
How could it have happened that a wine was given five out of five stars, the highest rating, in one journal and in another it was called the worst wine of the decade? Mlodinow vividly demonstrates how wine ratings, school grades, political polls, and many other things in daily life are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the true nature of change and revealing the psychological illusions that cause us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives fresh insight into what is really meaningful and how we can make decisions based on a deeper truth. From the classroom to the courtroom, from financial markets to supermarkets, from the doctor's office to the Oval Office, Mlodinow's insights will intrigue, awe, and inspire.
Offering readers not only a tour of randomness, chance, and probability but also a new way of looking at the world, this original, unexpected journey reminds us that much in our lives is about as predictable as the steps of a stumbling man fresh from a night at the bar.
Leonard Mlodinow was born in Chicago, Illinois, received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of California at Berkeley, and is the author of five best-sellers. His book The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives was a New York Times Bestseller, Editor's Choice, and Notable Book of the Year, and was short-listed for the Royal Society book award. His book Subliminal won the PEN/Wilson award for literary science writing. His other books include two co-authored with physicist Stephen Hawking -- A Briefer History of Time, and The Grand Design. In addition to his books and research articles, he has taught at Caltech, written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Forbes magazine, among other publications, and for television series such as McGyver and Star Trek: the Next Generation. www.leonardmlodinow.com
作者是牛人,书质量也很好。这本科普作品基本上就是帮助人们消除各种谬误的,很多表面看上去理所当然的事其实完全不是那么回事,而一些表面看上去不正常的事反而存在较优的理解方法,关键是要对数据科学有正确的认识。本书的难度不高,没有枯燥的数学公式,有的是大量的历史故事和实际例子,所以作为入门级的课外读物是极好的,我如果有孩子一定会让他读的。对了,最后一章是反对决定论的,虽然此书更多是将社会层面的事,但正好和我最近关注的反基因决定论、反环境决定论和反基因-环境决定论相联系,果然复杂(动态网络)系统才是最有苗头的方向呀,哈哈哈。
评分太不适合摸鱼看了,在研究室憋笑好痛苦…………其他人以为我看论文看到笑场,关心患者的目光.jpg/(ㄒoㄒ)/
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评分新年读完的第一本书,说我们的生活其实是被偶然事件所统治,所有成功失败也没有看起来的那么理直气壮,有趣。
评分作者是牛人,书质量也很好。这本科普作品基本上就是帮助人们消除各种谬误的,很多表面看上去理所当然的事其实完全不是那么回事,而一些表面看上去不正常的事反而存在较优的理解方法,关键是要对数据科学有正确的认识。本书的难度不高,没有枯燥的数学公式,有的是大量的历史故事和实际例子,所以作为入门级的课外读物是极好的,我如果有孩子一定会让他读的。对了,最后一章是反对决定论的,虽然此书更多是将社会层面的事,但正好和我最近关注的反基因决定论、反环境决定论和反基因-环境决定论相联系,果然复杂(动态网络)系统才是最有苗头的方向呀,哈哈哈。
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The Drunkard's Walk pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024