Probabilities :
Olofsson, Peter, 1963-
Probabilities : the little numbers that rule our lives / Peter Olofsson. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007. - ix, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Investigates the often-surprising effects of risk and chance in our everyday lives. With examples ranging from WWII espionage to the O.J. Simpson trial, from bridge to blackjack, from Julius Caesar to Jerry Seinfeld, the reader is taught how to think straight in a world of randomness and uncertainty.
9780470040010 (cloth) 0470040017 (cloth)
2006049848
GBA678427 bnb
013552394 Uk
Probabilities--Popular works.
QA273 / .O46 2007
519.2
Probabilities : the little numbers that rule our lives / Peter Olofsson. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2007. - ix, 267 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Investigates the often-surprising effects of risk and chance in our everyday lives. With examples ranging from WWII espionage to the O.J. Simpson trial, from bridge to blackjack, from Julius Caesar to Jerry Seinfeld, the reader is taught how to think straight in a world of randomness and uncertainty.
9780470040010 (cloth) 0470040017 (cloth)
2006049848
GBA678427 bnb
013552394 Uk
Probabilities--Popular works.
QA273 / .O46 2007
519.2