Buy It on Amazon: A Book with a Million Random Digits

When the geniuses over at the RAND Corporation published their now pivotal work “A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates,” there’s no way they could have known the number of lives they would change. But the comments speak for themselves.

“I took a class in statistics in college. I used this book to help me select random phone numbers for a poll I was conducting for my class project. (The most popular household cleanser in the greater Siouxland area is Bon Ami, by the way.) One of those phone calls was answered by the woman who is now my wife,” says one happy customer. “Left me wanting more,” said another. The consensus seems to be that while the random numbers book is breathtaking, there is room for improvement. “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.” Buy your own for $81.

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