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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, "miracles" are commonplace. But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His...
From roulette tables to racetracks, provides a look at how scientists and mathematicians throughout the years have tried to figure out how to beat the house while gambling.
"What is a complex system? Although 'complexity science' is used to understand phenomena as diverse as the behavior of honeybees, the economic markets, the human brain, and the climate, there is no agreement about its foundations. In this...
"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. ... [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church." 'Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker....
"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. ... [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church." 'Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker....
