by Leonard Mlodinow · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141026473
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«The Drunkard's Walk» is Leonard Mlodinow's popular science essay, published by Penguin in paperback (272 pages, in English).
The book explains how probability and chance shape daily life: choosing actions, tasting wines, winning the lottery or driving safely. Mlodinow analyses the psychological illusions that distort our perception of randomness, such as explanations of the success of athletes and film stars or the reading of blood tests.
The original subtitle is How Randomness Rules Our Lives. English edition by Penguin Books, published on 2 April 2009.
For readers interested in popular science, probability and the psychological biases affecting decision-making.
Leonard Mlodinow is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician, screenwriter and author. In physics, he is known for his work on the large N expansion, a method of approximating the spectrum of atoms based on the consideration of an infinite-dimensional version of the problem, and for his work on the quantum theory of light inside dielectrics.
