Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes
by Athanasios Papoulis
Recommended by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Author, essayist, mathematical statistician, and risk analyst
“I always always recommend the book by Anastassios Papoulis. 1) Never start with stats, start with probability. 2) Never read a stat textbook not written by a probabilist. Beware, there are plenty, plenty, plenty of stats books written by psychologists!”
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