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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable306 reviews
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House, 2007

A great book long over due
The author, I think, is one of the great thinkers of our time. I enjoyed his work. On YouTube, there is a long interview of Mr. Taleb by an old guy. It was a disaster in that the interviewer has almost no knowledge about what what Taleb was talking about (including chaos, ...) and consistently interrupts and makes annoying noises. Therefore, I could only partially tell what Taleb was trying ... 		  
  







  
  
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets376 reviews
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005

are you fooled???
i find it fascinating the diverse reviews this book has received, it seems to have a polarizing effect on readers! for me the book was engrossing, but admittedly i am a fan of taleb's writing and philosophy of life. while he is clearly not concerned with journalistic rules he is able to communicate his point. so what if his sentence structure is not perfect. what i appreciate most about his ... 		  
  







  
  
Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness (Princeton Studies in Complexity)7 reviews
Duncan J. Watts

Princeton University Press, 2003

Inspiring
The author believes that human thought might be a small world, in the sense that one could reach any idea if he/she finds the right associations and "short-cut"s. The small-world theory is indeed one of those short cuts itself. It links many different domains and uncovers some interesting common behavior. The theory is developed in a scientific manner with extensive numerical support. Rich ... 		  
  







  
  
The Art of Modeling Dynamic Systems: Forecasting for Chaos, Randomness and Determinism (Dover Books on ...5 reviews
Foster Morrison

Dover Publications, 2008

Single best reference for "modern" applied modeling
This is a fantastic book and I'm sorry it's hard to get now. I found it by accident in a used book store in Madison, WI, in 1995 and found I learned a lot from it, even though by that time I had already taken multiple classes in Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Statistics, etc. Dr. Morrison really sets out in lucid detail many of the important developments in applied modeling ... 		  
  







  
  
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives14 reviews
Leonard Mlodinow

Pantheon, 2008

And You Thought Probability Theory Couldn't Blow Your MInd
I was waiting for someone to write an in-depth and fascinating book about the wild and wierd aspects of probability theory in our lives. It is broader and more informative than Nassim Taleb's Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets and avoids the bitterness infused all through Taleb's book. But for practical consequences of probability theory I prefer ... 		  
  







  
  
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Penguin Books Ltd, 2007 		  
  







  
  
Randomness16 reviews
Deborah J. Bennett

Harvard University Press, 1999

The Science of Randomness!
I believe that Dr. Bennett's book, Randomness, helps explain the science of it to the novice learner. Randomness is quite a science even though the results can differ from time to time. If you are in Atlantic City or Las Vegas, the science of randomness can help explain the roll of the dice. This book is interesting and easily read for those who are not so keen on mathematics like myself. ... 		  
  







  
  
Complexity Explained (Springer Complexity)2 reviews
Péter Érdi

Springer, 2007

A great starting place on a path to understanding
First, let me say I only write reviews for what I believe are extraordinary works. Anyone bold enough to take on the task of giving insight into the patterns and features of complexity, then accomplishes what he set out to do, has done something extraordinary. The reality of complexity is far different from the legend of complexity. It cannot be explained in one setting with a simple ... 		  
  







  
  
Chance: The Life of Games & the Game of Life
Joaquim P. Marques de Sá

Springer, 2008

With its many easy-to-follow mathematical examples, this book takes the reader on an almost chronological trip through the fascinating and amazing laws of chance, omnipresent in the natural world and in our daily lives. Along the route many fascinating topics are discussed, such as: challenging probability paradoxes; "paranormal" coincidences; game odds; causes and effects; interpretation of opinion polls; winning chances as a game proceeds; the ... 		  
  







  
  
Exploring Randomness1 review
Gregory J. Chaitin

Springer, 2001

A message from the author
Hello, I'm Gregory Chaitin and I'm the author of Exploring RANDOMNESS, which is my attempt to explain the technical heart of my theory of algorithmic information as understandably as possible. To make my theory more concrete, I've converted it into a theory of the size in bits of real computer programs, programs that you can actually run. See also my new book, "Conversations with a ... 		  
  







  
  
Luck: The Brilliant Randomness Of Everyday Life6 reviews
Nicholas Rescher

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001

Luck or Cause-and-Effect Interconnections?
We live in a world where our aims and goals, our "best-laid plans," and, indeed, our very lives are at the mercy of fortuitous chance and inscrutable contingency." Nicholas Rescher has written a book on luck that makes me feel lucky to have a dictionary close at hand. Conceptual analysis takes this topic to an entirely new level as we discover a "philosophy of luck." I almost imagined ... 		  
  







  
  
The Hedge Fund Handbook: A Definitive Guide for Analyzing and Evlaluating Alternative Investments10 reviews
Stefano Lavinio

McGraw-Hill, 1999

Good book with a very narrow focus
This book will be useful for the money manager interested in choosing among the growing universe of hedge funds. Despite some overmethodical and occasionally dubious measurement techniques (much is made of the mysterious-sounding "d ratio", which is simply the ratio of winning months to losing months), Lavinio does provide some useful tools for evaluating the past performance and future ... 		  
  







  
  
Basic Principles and Applications of Probability Theory1 review
A.V. Skorokhod

Springer, 2004

First-rate
This book is quite strong, it teaches concepts of advanced (measure-theoretic) probability theory, including stochastic processes and a few topics in mathematical statistics/applied probability. It is not as comprehensive as Shiriaev's magnum opus "Probability, Second Edition", but this one is much shorter, concise and to the point. Shiriaev can take a long time to read, with its 600+ pages, ... 		  
  







  
  
Information, Randomness and Incompleteness: Papers on Algorithmic Information Theory (World Scientific Series ...1 review
Gregory J. Chaitin

World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 1987

Knowing GOD
This book is about the philosophy of mathematics and computation. It uses mathematics to analyse it self. I one need to point the most basic tree of research, with no doubt this must be it. 		  
  







  
  
The Discrepancy Method: Randomness and Complexity2 reviews
Bernard Chazelle

Cambridge University Press, 2000

An unusual mix of topics, fresh perspective
The title seems to be a play on the "Probabilistic Method," a better-known cousin of the Discrepancy Method. The book covers an unusual mix of topics, and is very well-written. 		  
  







  
  
Information and Randomness: An Algorithmic Perspective (Texts in Theoretical Computer Science. An EATCS ...1 review
Cristian S. Calude

Springer, 2002

Classical ideas with modern use.
I stumbled over this (lovely) book a little by accident. As I kept reading, my enthusiasm for the book gradually increased. While the book is addressed perhaps more to students in computation and in CS, it is very attractive also as a text to be used in mainstream mathematics, and in probability theory. It begins with a new look at the classical Kolmogorov construction of measures on infinite ... 		  
  







  
  
Algorithmic Learning in a Random World
Vladimir Vovk, Alex Gammerman, ...

Springer, 2005

Algorithmic Learning in a Random World describes recent theoretical and experimental developments in building computable approximations to Kolmogorov's algorithmic notion of randomness. Based on these approximations, a new set of machine learning algorithms have been developed that can be used to make predictions and to estimate their confidence and credibility in high-dimensional spaces under the usual assumption that the data are independent ... 		  
  







  
  
Randomness And Complexity, from Leibniz To Chaitin

World Scientific Publishing Company, 2007

The book is a collection of papers written by a selection of eminent authors from around the world in honour of Gregory Chaitin s 60th birthday. This is a unique volume including technical contributions, philosophical papers and essays. 		  
  







  
  
The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari5 reviews
Ivars Peterson

Wiley, 1997

Infinitely Entertaining....
....not evvybody shares my love of mathematics, statistics, games and chance. People say folks like me are a strange lot, hence, I have been relunctant to put many mathematical and game related book reviews in my repertoire. This, however, is an exception to the rule..."math book = dry reading". It shows how probability and stats and random number generating can apply to evvyday living. Before I ... 		  
  







  




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