Randomness Author:Deborah J. Bennett From the ancients' first readings of the innards of birds to your neighbor's last bout with the state lottery, humankind has put itself into the hands of chance. This book is aimed at the trouble with trying to learn about probability. A story of the misconceptions and difficulties civilization overcame in progressing toward probabilistic thinki... more »ng, Randomness is also a skillful account of what makes the science of probability so daunting in our own day.« less