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Probability


Probability Books

Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1
A First Course in Probability
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Introduction to Probability
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Linear Algebra and Its Applications by Gilbert StrangDiv, Grad, Curl, and All That by Harry M. ScheySpacetime Physics by Edwin F. TaylorCalculus by Michael SpivakCalculus by Michael Spivak
Mathematics Part IA (University of Cambridge)
66 books — 3 voters
High-Dimensional Probability by Roman VershyninDeep Learning by Ian GoodfellowA Geometric Approach to Differential Forms by David BachmanManifolds, Tensors, and Forms by Paul RentelnCalculus on Manifolds by Michael Spivak
A not-so-gentle introduction to information geometry: probability, statistics, information theory, and differential geometry
58 books — 4 voters

Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas TalebWar and Peace and War by Peter TurchinFooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas TalebAges of Discord by Peter Turchin
Real life psychohistory
9 books — 3 voters
All of Statistics by Larry WassermanStatistical Inference by George CasellaPrinciples of Statistics by David KrusPrinciples of Statistics by M.G. BulmerIntroduction to Probability by Joseph K. Blitzstein
Probability & Statistics
28 books — 28 voters

Quotes Tagged “Probability”

Aristotle
“ A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. The story should never be made up of improbable incidents; there should be nothing of the sort in it. ”
― Aristotle, Poetics
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“ There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature. ”
― Jeff Greenfield, Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan
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Videos Tagged “Probability”

The Problem of the Points - The Dawn of Probability Theory
The Problem of the Points - The Dawn of Probability Theory
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