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A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates [Paperback]

RAND Corporation
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October 23, 2001 0833030477 978-0833030474 1
This book was a product of RAND's pioneering work in computing, as well a testament to the patience and persistence of researchers in the early days of RAND.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 600 pages
  • Publisher: American Book Publishers; 1 edition (October 23, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0833030477
  • ISBN-13: 978-0833030474
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 1.5 x 10.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (430 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #835,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1,061 of 1,081 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars almost perfect October 26, 2006
Format:Paperback
Such a terrific reference work! But with so many terrific random digits, it's a shame they didn't sort them, to make it easier to find the one you're looking for.
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436 of 446 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars If you like this book ... October 20, 2006
By Roy
Format:Paperback
If you like this book, I highly recommend that you read it in the original binary. As with most translations, conversion from binary to decimal frequently causes a loss of information and, unfortunately, it's the most significant digits that are lost in the conversion.
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2,174 of 2,251 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy. July 27, 2005
Format:Paperback
The book is a promising reference concept, but the execution is somewhat sloppy. Whatever generator they used was not fully tested. The bulk of each page seems random enough. However at the lower left and lower right of alternate pages, the number is found to increment directly.
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This is a classic. It adds up to a perfect balance of realism and proto-existential thought.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times
Bah, a thousand monkeys on a thousand typewriters could have written a better book than this drivel. Although I will admit, I had no idea where the story was going next.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Turned My Head And Coughed
Nothing random about it. Stood in line with every other recruit for three hours. No doubt about it.
Index digit.
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I've used the first four digits on the first page as the PIN for all my bank cards, and I used the first eight digits as the password on all my email accounts. Read more
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Reads like a whodunit, this is a real page turner!

The author was a bit sloppy with the plot in some points, it could have been tighter in places - for instance, the... Read more
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I laughed, I cried, I calculated.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I can't wait for the translation into l33t!
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someone please release an abridged version of this book so I can buy.
Maybe they could just add all the digits up, and send you that value?
Mar 9, 2011 by Wizardwithpointyhat |  See all 5 posts
Audio book version?
I can almost hear it, with a soundtrack by Philip Glass....
Jul 20, 2012 by Cletus |  See all 2 posts
I own this book
I actually have two copies. Just in case I need to double check.
Jan 17, 2010 by Steffan Piper |  See all 4 posts
Why would you buy this book when you could just buy this?!
Oh sure, you could try to reconstruct the randomness of this masterpiece, but it would only be feable attempt to mimic genius. The beauty is in the simplicity of randomness of the normal deviates. This book took years of research into the complexity of true randomness. The book brings this to... Read more
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I couldn't agree more. Amazon, where are you? You should vigorously protect the integrity of your review system by deleting reviews that obviously have nothing to do with the book.
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