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
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.
“心理学发现,就成功而言,面对困难毫不退缩的品质,至少与天分同等重要。” 十年规则:多数事情,要取得相当成功,至少需要十年的刻苦,实践和奋斗。勤奋、机遇、天分同等重要。 IBM 先驱,Thomas Watson:要想成功,就把你的失败速度加倍。 能力与成功直接并非等号,偶然性...
评分 评分 评分各种奇妙而有趣的故事穿插在书中,通过多个维度告诉我们随机性在我们生活中扮演着多么重要的角色。要意识到并承认这一点是非常困难的,因为人脑是基于“因果”而进化而来的。要说服一个人相信他的成功或者失败具有极大的随机性是反人性的。但读过这本书的人在认知上明显可以高...
评分醉汉的脚步
评分所谓制胜必有惊人之举,那是因为即使是日常生活,事情的本来面目常常是counterintuition的。“物理学已经向我们证明,草坪的绿色并不只是绿色,石头的硬并不只是硬,而是一些很不同的东西”。概率,或者机遇,也是这么个意思!这本书很好看!
评分读完又滚回去捡起概率论沉思录了…
评分A great book that ends on a sober note.
评分读得有点吃力,很多数学和统计学内容要动脑子,期待读第二遍。
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