The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives

'The Drunkard's Walk' includes a history of probability and statistics and relates the subject to modern-day life. In some respects, it is disappointing not to see any equations for combinations or probabilities, even in an appendix [...]. What is included is an excellent background in the logic behind setting up probabilities such as Bayes' theorem applied to medical statistics, when the likelihood of a disease is small.
Mlodinow's writing is entertaining and well suited for readers with a formal background in statistics and probability.

If you're not versed in probability this is an excellent book to introduce you to the history and importance of probability in daily life. Its an easy and interesting read. Much of the book however is dedicated to explaining mathematical basics & history. If you already know what a normal distribution is, this book falls a little short in really linking randomness and how we perceive success. Only one or two chapters at the end are devoted to this.

I've always been fascinated and intrigued by statistics and the laws of probability. If you too are into that sort of thing (or even if you're not), you will definitely find this book interesting and actually quite fun to read. The content really gets your mind thinking and actually expands ones views on life itself and how things work.

How To Keep Your Man: And Keep Him For Good

Real Life Dramas - Volume One

Darren G. Burton

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 Hubbard's How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business. Hubbard takes the more fascinating aspects of probability theory, combines it with the odd errors of human thought processes, and prescribes a method to crack open many mysteries in business and governement with measurements.

Consider books like Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game and Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything and we see a wave of popular books in the last few years about what used to be considered the "dull" field of statistics. I'm glad the American public is choosing to become more literate in this field.

A very enjoyable read. The author takes what is a very complicated topic and makes it easy to understand and very interesting.