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Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities

By Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities book

Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities

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Listen as author Jeffrey S. Rosenthal discusses the background to Struck by Lightning in this series of exclusive videos.

  • You’re involved in a fierce pokergame. What’s your opponent’s nextmove?

  • You’re travelling to a foreigncountry. Are you going to be caught in aterrorist attack?

  • You’re about to pull the arm on aslot machine. Are you more likely tohit the jackpot or to catch the flu from thelast gambler’s unwashed hands?
Randomness, uncertainty and probability are everywhere, andwhile no one can predict uncertain events with certainty, we can at leastunderstand uncertainty itself. In this entertaining look at the world ofprobabilities, Jeffrey Rosenthal, an improbably talented math professor,musician and improvisational comedian, explains the mechanics of randomness andteaches us how to develop an informed perspective on probability.From lotteries to casinos, insurance rates to crime rates, gameshows to airline crashes, cancer to SARS, Struck by Lightning deconstructsthe odds and oddities of chance in an understandable, relevant and irreverentexploration.
Product details
Number of Pages:
258
Publication Date:
2005-09-01
Publisher:
HarperCollins Canada
Languages:
Published: English
ISBN10:
0002007916
Weight:
517 g
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