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The Random Number Code - George Szpiro

The Random Number Code

Unlocking the Secrets of Numbers That You Can't Predict but Can Rely On

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Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2026
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-041-07329-1 (ISBN)
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Random numbers are immensely important in scientific research, in economic decision making, in polling, gaming, and cryptography and algorithm design. Surprisingly, while many popular books in mathematics have been written about prime numbers, about □□, e, √-1, there exist no books for the general reader about random numbers. True, the subject of randomness as such has been the subject of several books, but random numbers are only mentioned, if at all, as a by-product. Given the immense theoretical and practical importance of random numbers, this is astonishing.

This book proposes to fill that gap.

The book discusses random numbers under five headings: What are they? What are they good for? How do we produce them? Why do we need them? How do we fake them? The book has been written with a sophisticated general reader in mind, but should be of much interest to students and academics of all levels who have an interest in mathematics and randomness.

Features

· Written in an easily readable, conversational style

· Aimed at general readers who are interested in mathematics in general, or who have read books about □□, e, √-1, or irrational numbers

· Accessible to anybody with a high-school mathematics education.

George Szpiro, born in Vienna, holds dual Swiss and Israeli citizenship. He earned his MSc in mathematics from the Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, an MBA from Stanford University, and a doctorate in mathematical economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Following consulting stints with McKinsey and Company, he turned to academia. After several years of academic research and teaching at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania) and the Hebrew University, he changed careers again and became a foreign correspondent and mathematics columnist for the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung. For over twenty years he reported from Israel, and for six years from New York. Apart from two dozen academic papers in mathematics, statistics, economics, and genetic algorithms, Szpiro has authored nine books for general interest readers in mathematics, economics, and political science. He has been awarded the Prix Média by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, the Medienpreis of the German Mathematical Society, and was a finalist for the Descartes Prize of the European Union.

Introduction Part I Random Numbers: What are they? Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Part II Random Numbers: What are they good for? Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Part III Random Numbers: How do we produce them? Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Part IV Random Numbers: Why do we need them? Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Part V Random Numbers: How do we fake them? Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Epilogue

Erscheint lt. Verlag 28.2.2026
Zusatzinfo 8 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Arithmetik / Zahlentheorie
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Logik / Mengenlehre
ISBN-10 1-041-07329-1 / 1041073291
ISBN-13 978-1-041-07329-1 / 9781041073291
Zustand Neuware
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