The jungles of randomness : a mathematical safari

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The jungles of randomness : a mathematical safari

Ivars Peterson

Penguin, 1998

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The jungles of randomness : mathematics at the edge of certainty

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Note

Bibliography: p. 209-223

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

An exploration of randomness and patterns of randomness which lie hidden behind the everyday experience of chance, beginning with the most familiar experiences of random behaviour including tossed coins, rolled dice, lotteries, moving to a mathematical tour of the chaotic universe.

Table of Contents

  • The die is cast
  • sea of life
  • shell game
  • call of the firefly
  • different drums
  • noise police
  • complete chaos
  • trails of a wanderer
  • gambling with numbers
  • lifetimes of chance.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA51157411
  • ISBN
    • 0140271724
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 239 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    24 cm
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