Struck by lightning : the curious world of probabilities

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Struck by lightning : the curious world of probabilities

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

Joseph Henry Press, 2006

  • : pbk.
  • : hbk.

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Includes index

Contents of Works

  • 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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