令人跌破眼鏡的事件背後，不一定有令人跌破眼鏡的原因。「這是一本淺顯易懂，告訴我們關於隨機性的法則，如何左右你我生活的絕佳指南。」──史蒂芬．霍金（Stephen William Hawking）▍如何提升成功機率，如何每一次決策都是最適解？．為什麼音樂隨機撥放永遠不會撥放同一位歌手的歌曲？．程序測試時，為何總是跑出一連串的00000000？．為什麼比爾．蓋茲能成功，史蒂芬．金的小說會暢銷，布魯斯．威利一炮而紅？隨機過程是自然界的基本法則，但絕大多數人卻從不曾深入思考過。「醉漢漫步」是數學界用來描述隨機動作的詞語，而這樣的形容猶如人生的隱喻，象徵我們從學校到職場、從單身到成家、從高爾夫球一號球洞到十八號球洞的路徑。本書作者美國暢銷科普作家暨物理學家雷納．曼羅迪諾藉由此書，告訴我們機率如何在生活中扮演舉足輕重的角色，帶領你我破除成功的迷思與偏見，並領悟到「很多人之所以會失敗，是因為他們不知道自己在放棄時離成功只有一步之遙」。 我們除了要認清並感謝自己擁有的好運，更要學會接受隨機事件可能會令人心碎。沒有成功不代表不夠好，只是機運尚未來臨。最重要的，是感謝沒有（或暫時還沒有）厄運、壞事、疾病、戰爭、飢荒的每一個清朗日子。「這本書的目標是闡明機率在生活中扮演的角色，並告訴各位看清它如何在人類的生活當中產生作用。我由衷希望在全面認識隨機的概念後，各位讀者會開始從不同的角度看待生活，並對這個世界有更深層的理解。」──雷納．曼羅迪諾
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