> Am I missing something? No, I was confused too. The maths doesn't make sense to me and the whole blog seems to exist just to push amazon affiliate links. If

> Am I missing something? No, I was confused too. The maths doesn't make sense to me and the whole blog seems to exist just to push amazon affiliate links. If you are actually interested in probability theory, I highly recommend this (non-affiliate-link) book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Probability-Computing-Randomized-Algorithms-Probabilistic/dp/0521835402 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Probability-Computing-Randomized-Alg... It does a good job of motivating the subject by applying the new theory in each chapter to the study of useful randomized algorithms.