| Description |
ix, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Computing probabilities : right ways and wrong ways -- Surprising probabilities : when intuition struggles -- Tiny probabilities : why are they so hard to escape? -- Backward probabilities : the Reverend Bayes to our rescue -- Beyond probabilities : what to expect -- Inevitable probabilities : two fascinating mathematical results -- Gambling probabilities : why Donald Trump is richer than you -- Guessing probabilities : enter the statisticians -- Faking probabilities : computer simulation. |
| Summary |
"From probable improbabilities to regular irregularities, Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives investigates the often-surprising effects of risk and chance in our everyday lives. With examples ranging from WWII espionage to the O. J. Simpson trial, from bridge to blackjack, from Julius Caesar to Jerry Seinfeld, the reader is taught how to think straight in a world of randomness and uncertainty." "Educational, eloquent, and entertaining, Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives is the ideal companion for anyone who wants to obtain a better understanding of the mathematics of chance."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Probabilities -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
0470624450 (pbk.) |
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9780470624456 (pbk.) |
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