Win a free copy of "The Drunkard's Walk"

Will · 06-17-2008, 02:27 AM

Win a copy of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow!

How to win

To win, just post a comment or question in this thread! (Even a simple "I want to win a free copy" will do). We will randomly select 7 lucky winners on June 30th.

[editor's note: Contest is closed! See bottom of this post for the winners]

About the book

Drunkard's Walk is a fascinating examination of how randomness and our misunderstanding of statistics affect our lives.

Written for the layman in the readable style of Freakonomics, Drunkard's Walk provides profound insights on everything under the sun, like how blockbuster movies are made, why polling results are misleading, why game show contestants make stupid choices, how statistics were misused in the OJ Simpson trial and more.

Drunkard's Walk has received rave reviews from critics. You can read a detailed review from our very own Philip Brewer:

Quote:

Mlodinow's book is a fascinating excursion into the realm of random events, and a surprisingly interesting history of the mathematical tools that people have come up with to events that are or might be random.

(It's also the only book that has ever made me think, "Gee, I should get a good statistics text--the math here is really interesting.")

About the author

Leonard is the author of Feynman’s Rainbow, Euclid’s Window and, with Stephen Hawking, A Briefer History of Time. Leonard also wrote for the television series MacGyver and Star Trek: The Next Generation!

The Winners

Here are the 7 lucky winners!

I'll be contacting you later today via email and our internal PM to get your addresses. Thanks for participating in this thread.

Isis Uptown · 06-17-2008, 03:51 AM

Both my husband and I would love this book!

rahulgupta · 06-17-2008, 04:01 AM

When (after winning) I read this book, will I learn if my win was truly random?

robin · 06-17-2008, 04:10 AM

I am always looking to up my booknerd quotient...This book sounds delicious.

gnimsh · 06-17-2008, 04:14 AM

I want to win a free copy of this book!

ckerber · 06-17-2008, 04:45 AM

I'd like to win

jtmeyer · 06-17-2008, 04:46 AM

seems fitting that a book about randomness would be distributed randomly!

jlcghs27408 · 06-17-2008, 04:52 AM

I never knew there were forums for Wise Bread. Cool!

I'd love a copy of the book.

Jessica

Kung Fu Hung-Su · 06-17-2008, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtmeyer

seems fitting that a book about randomness would be distributed randomly!

Too right!

I too, would love a copy of the book =)

DistilledRose · 06-17-2008, 05:08 AM

This looks like a fun book! I would definitely like to win it :-)

06-17-2008, 03:51 AM	#2
Isis Uptown Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 16 Reputation: (10)	That sounds fascinating Both my husband and I would love this book! __________________ Rosencrantz: I've frequently not been on boats. Guildenstern: No, no... What you've been is not on boats. Tom Stoppard

06-17-2008, 05:08 AM	#10
DistilledRose Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 81 Reputation: (10)	This looks like a fun book! I would definitely like to win it :-) __________________ Distilled Rose Personal Finance Blog Make Money Online with Cash Crate

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gnimsh Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: (10)	I want to win a free copy of this book!

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ckerber Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Reputation: (10)	I'd like to win

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jtmeyer Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Reputation: (10)	seems fitting that a book about randomness would be distributed randomly!

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jlcghs27408 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1 Reputation: (10)	I never knew there were forums for Wise Bread. Cool! I'd love a copy of the book. Jessica