Persi Diaconis' book is excellent. You come away with the proof that it takes seven shuffles to fully randomize a deck of cards... https://www.amazon.com/Group

Persi Diaconis' book is excellent. You come away with the proof that it takes seven shuffles to fully randomize a deck of cards... https://www.amazon.com/Group-Representations-Probability-Statistics-Lecture/dp/0940600145 https://www.amazon.com/Group-Representations-Probability-Sta...