Michel Talagrand has made profound contributions to mathematics, notably in probability theory and related topics. The author of several books and well over 200 research papers, he is the recipient of several awards, including the Loève Prize, the Fermat Prize and the Shaw Prize. He has been a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians and is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.

• 1. What is This Book About? Part I The Generic Chaining.- 2 Gaussian Processes and the Generic Chaining.- 3 Trees and Other Measures of Size.- 4 Matching Theorems.- Part II Some Dreams Come True.- 5 Warming Up with p-Stable Processes.- 6 Bernoulli Processes.- 7 Random Fourier Series and Trigonometric Sums.- 8 Partitioning Scheme and Families of Distances.- 9 Peaky Part of Functions.- 10 Proof of the Bernoulli Conjecture.- 11 Random Series of Functions.- 12 Infinitely Divisible Processes.- 13 Unfulfilled Dreams.- Part III Practicing.- 14 Empirical Processes, II.- 15 Gaussian Chaos.- 16 Convergence of Orthogonal Series; Majorizing Measures.- 17 Shor's Matching Theorem.- 18 The Ultimate Matching Theorem in Dimension Three.- 19 Application to Banach Space Theory.- A Discrepancy for Convex Sets.- B Some Deterministic Arguments.- C Classical View of Infinitely Divisible Processes.- D Reading Suggestions.- E Research Directions.- F Solutions of Selected Exercises.- G Comparison withthe First Edition.- References.- Index.

“The book includes a rich collection of exercises that will allow the reader to gain skills for a better understanding. The book is then suitable as a textbook for an advanced course. … The systematic and deep treatment of the subject under study makes the book a good reference for the specialist.” (Erick Treviño-Aguilar, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2023)