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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)
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume 1
Skin in the Game: The Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Introduction to Probability
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
A First Course in Probability
Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
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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
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

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Tartar Steppe by Dino BuzzatiWhat I Learned Losing a Million Dollars by Jim PaulThe (Mis)Behavior of Markets by Benoît B. MandelbrotThinking and Deciding by Jonathan Baron
Nassim Nicholas Taleb Book Recommendations
88 books — 49 voters
Machine Learning by Samuel HackReal and Complex Analysis by Walter RudinVisual Complex Analysis by Tristan NeedhamOn Numbers and Games by John H. ConwayInside Interesting Integrals by Paul J. Nahin
Not Pop-Science - Mathematics
111 books — 10 voters

Quotes Tagged “Probability”

Lewis Thomas
“ Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that the mere fact of our existence should keep us all in a state of contented dazzlement. ”
― Lewis Thomas
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Baruch Spinoza
“ In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth. ”
― Baruch Spinoza, Spinoza: The Letters
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