Taking Chances: Winning with Probability

ISBN-13: 9780198526636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 400 str.

John Haigh

Opis

Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyzes a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette, coins, and dice. The book guides the reader round common pitfalls, demonstrates how to make better informed decisions, and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favor. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Weakest Link," plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.

Recenzje

'(an) impressively comprehensive new book on the wonders of probability'

O autorze

John Haigh is Reader in Statistics at the University of Sussex. His interest in probability was awakened by various card games, and he has made a particular study of lotteries, cards, and dice.