Taking Chances by John Haigh
What are the odds against winning the Lottery, making money in a casino, or backing the right horse? Every day, people make judgements on these matters, yet many of us are ignorant of how probability works. This exploration reveals traps and fallacies in the field, describing and analysing a variety of situations where chance plays a role
Review from previous edition 'the volume is ideally suited for readers with virtually no training in mathematics, but who are curious about how actually to assess the odds of things like winning a single game at lawn tennis or on which hands in poker one should raise. . This is a book to ponder, savour, study - and give to your mathematically illiterate friends' * The Times Higher Education Supplement *
'(an) impressively comprehensive new book on the wonders of probability' * The Sunday Telegraph *
'(an) impressively comprehensive new book on the wonders of probability' * The Sunday Telegraph *
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198526636 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198526636 |
| Title | Taking Chances |
| Author | John Haigh |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2003-05-08 |
| Number of pages | 388 |
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