
\begin{abstract}
After briefly sketching basic probability, we discuss how random numbers
uniformly distributed on the unit interval may be used to generate random
numbers drawn from various probability distributions.  The discussion spans
pieces of probability, statistics, number theory, and software.  Mathematical
prerequisites are limited to modular arithmetic and freshman calculus.

These are lecture notes for a talk given to the Graduate Colloquium in the
University of Arizona Department of Mathematics on September 12, 2007.
\end{abstract}
