0 Randomness
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
—Robert R. Coveyou
Random number tables from A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates by the RAND Corporation
In 1947, the RAND Corporation produced a peculiar book titled A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates. The book wasn’t a work of literature or a philosophical treatise on randomness. Rather, it was a table of random numbers generated using an electronic simulation of a roulette wheel. This book was one of the last in a series of random-number tables produced from the mid-1920s to the 1950s. With the development of high-speed computers, ...
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