Bibliograph

Struck by lightning, the curious world of probabilities, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

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Struck by lightning, the curious world of probabilities, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Struck by lightning

Oclc number

62742569

Responsibility statement

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

Sub title

the curious world of probabilities

Table Of Contents

Surrounded by randomness: probabilities everywhere -- What are the odds of that? Coincidence and surprise -- Laying down the law: why casinos always win -- Dealing the cards: bridge, poker, and blackjack -- Murder most foul: measuring trends -- Utility functions: how to make decisions -- White lab coats: what studies do and don't show -- Ain't gonna happen: very low probabilities -- Interlude: the case of the collapsing casino -- Fifty-one percent to forty-nine percent: the true meaning of polls -- Nineteen times out of twenty: margins of error -- Randomness to the rescue: when uncertainty is your friend -- Evolution, genes, and viruses: randomness in biology -- That wily Monty Hall: finding probabilities from clues -- Spam, spam, probability, and spam: blocking unwanted e-mail -- Ignorance, chaos, and quantum mechanics: causes of randomness -- Final exam: do you have probability perspective?

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