The first chapter of this book was actually more interesting than I thought it would be. It was clever how the author thought of all the different things that depend on randomness. It is very true that the world revolves around things that are random and randomness plays a role in all areas of life besides areas with specific rules and guidelines like math problems and English errors. One day you could be doing just fine and by randomness the next one of your cells could have turned cancerous and now you are facing a fatal cancerous. Randomness is helpful and sometimes detrimental.

I liked how he was rooting for Maris, a underdog. The Maris proceeded to break Babe Ruth’s homerun record in 1961. The majority of America was rooting for the other guy, Mantle. He was a more personable person and everyone enjoyed his company while Maris was more secretive and kept mostly to himself. It was by randomness that he was the one that broke the record but at the same time it wasn’t all randomness according to Mr. Mlodinow studies. His studies showed that he was capable to beat the record. It was by randomness that Mantle’s knees did give out before he was able to bet the record.