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==Works== The books written or coauthored by Diaconis include: * ''Group Representations In Probability And Statistics'' (Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1988)<ref>Review of ''Group Representations In Probability And Statistics'': *{{citation|title=none|journal=Mathematical Reviews|year=1990|first=Philippe|last=Bougerol|mr=0964069}}</ref> * ''Magical Mathematics: The Mathematical Ideas That Animate Great Magic Tricks'' (with [[Ronald L. Graham]], Princeton University Press, 2012),<ref>Reviews of ''Magical Mathematics'': *{{citation|title=Review|newspaper=Times Higher Education|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/magical-mathematics-the-mathematical-ideas-that-animate-great-magic-tricks/418428.article|first=C. J.|last=Howls|date=15 December 2011}} *{{citation|title=Review|journal=MAA Reviews|date=November 2011|url=https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/magical-mathematics-the-mathematical-ideas-that-animate-great-magic-tricks|first=John D.|last=Cook}} *{{citation|date=December 10, 2011|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|title=Pick a Card, Any Card|first=Alex|last=Stone|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204826704577074501731476934}} *{{citation|date=December 30, 2011|journal=Science News|title=Review|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/magical-mathematics-mathematical-ideas-animate-great-magic-tricks-persi-diaconis-and-ron}} *{{citation|title=none|journal=Mathematical Reviews|year=2012|first=John J.|last=Watkins|mr=2858033}} *{{citation|last=Van Osdol|first=Donovan H.|doi=10.1090/noti875|issue=7|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|mr=2984988|pages=960β961|title=none|volume=59|year=2012|doi-access=free}} *{{citation|last=Benjamin|first=Arthur|doi=10.1137/120973238|issue=3|journal=SIAM Review|mr=2985718|pages=609β612|title=none|volume=54|year=2012}} *{{citation|date=July 2012|title=Review|url=https://euro-math-soc.eu/review/magical-mathematics|journal=EMS Reviews|first=Marco|last=Castrillon Lopez}} *{{citation|last=Robert|first=Christian|date=April 2013|doi=10.1080/09332480.2013.794620|issue=2|journal=Chance|pages=50β51|title=none|volume=26|s2cid=60760932}}</ref> winner of the 2013 [[Euler Book Prize]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://mathcomm.org/magical-mathematics-and-topological-barcodes/|title=Magical Mathematics And Topological Barcodes|publisher=Mathematical Association of America|first=Ivars|last=Peterson|author-link=Ivars Peterson|date=December 12, 2012}}</ref> * ''Ten Great Ideas about Chance'' (with [[Brian Skyrms]], Princeton University Press, 2018)<ref>Reviews of ''Ten Great Ideas about Chance'': *{{citation|title=Review|journal=MAA Reviews|date=November 2017|url=https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/ten-great-ideas-about-chance|first=Mark|last=Hunacek}} *{{citation|title=none|journal=Mathematical Reviews|first=David R.|last=Bickel|mr=3702017}} *{{citation|title=Opinion 165|first=Doron|last=Zeilberger|url=http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/Opinion165.html|date=December 31, 2018}} *{{citation|last=Hilgert|first=Joachim|date=January 2018|doi=10.1007/s00591-018-0217-8|issue=1|journal=Mathematische Semesterberichte|pages=125β127|title=none|volume=65|s2cid=125603542}} *{{citation|date=January 2018|journal=EMS Reviews|title=Review|url=https://euro-math-soc.eu/review/ten-great-ideas-about-chance|first=Adhemar|last=Bultheel}} *{{citation|date=February 12, 2018|journal=ZME Science|title=Review|url=https://www.zmescience.com/science/book-review-ten-ideas-chance/|first=Alexandru|last=Micu}} *{{citation|date=April 2018|journal=Leonardo|title=Review|url=https://www.leonardo.info/review/2018/04/review-of-ten-great-ideas-about-chance|first=Phil|last=Dyke}} *{{citation|date=April 2, 2018|title=Demystifying Chance: Understanding the Secrets of Probability|journal=SIAM News|first=James|last=Case|url=https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/demystifying-chance-understanding-the-secrets-of-probability}} *{{citation|date=April 5, 2018|journal=Cosmos|title=Review|url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/cosmos/20180405/282694752722777|first=Craig|last=Cormick}} *{{citation|last=Crilly|first=Tony|date=June 2018|doi=10.1080/17498430.2018.1478532|issue=3|journal=BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics|pages=197β199|title=none|volume=33|s2cid=125733920}} *{{citation|last=Toller|first=Owen|date=October 2018|doi=10.1017/mag.2018.155|issue=555|journal=The Mathematical Gazette|pages=567β568|title=none|volume=102|s2cid=166165655}} *{{citation|last=Cox|first=Louis Anthony Tony|date=November 2018|doi=10.1111/risa.13196|issue=11|journal=Risk Analysis|pages=2497β2501|title=none|volume=38|s2cid=115519379}} *{{citation|last=Huber|first=Mark|issue=6|journal=Notices of the American Mathematical Society|mr=3929582|pages=917β921|title=none|volume=66|year=2019}}</ref> His other publications include: *"Theories of data analysis: from magical thinking through classical statistics", in {{cite book|editor-last1=Hoaglin|editor-first1=D.C.|title=Exploring Data Tables, Trends, and Shapes|publisher=Wiley|isbn=0-471-09776-4|year=1985|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/exploringdatatab0000unse}} *{{Cite journal|last1=Diaconis|first1=P.|title=Statistical problems in ESP research|doi=10.1126/science.663642|journal=Science|volume=201|issue=4351|pages=131β136|year=1978|pmid=663642|bibcode=1978Sci...201..131D }} *{{Cite journal|last1=Diaconis|first1=P.|last2=Holmes|first2=S|last3=Montgomery|first3=R|title=Dynamical bias in the coin toss|journal= SIAM Review|volume=49|issue=2|pages=211β235|year=2007|doi=10.1137/S0036144504446436 |bibcode=2007SIAMR..49..211D }}
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