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What are the odds? : chance in everyday life / Mike Orkin.
Van Pelt Library QA273.15 .O75 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orkin, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities--Popular works.
- Probabilities.
- Chance.
- Chance--Popular works.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- v, 154 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Owl Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.H. Freeman, 2004.
- Summary:
- From coin flips to lottery wins, learn the inner workings of chance and the role it plays in everyday life. Entertaining facts and tidbits reveal a wealth of practical and impractical events that can and do happen. 75 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Lotteries, Luck, and Unlikely Events 5
- Chapter 2 The Laws of Chance 19
- Chapter 3 The Many Faces of Chance 35
- Chapter 4 Using Chance to Get Information 49
- Chapter 5 Roulette: A Civilized Way to Lose 57
- Chapter 6 Craps: A Relentless Ride through the Rapids of Risk 67
- Chapter 7 Slot Machines and Video Poker: Pavlov Lives On 75
- Chapter 8 Blackjack: A Game You (or Someone) Can Win 85
- Chapter 9 Zero-Sum Games: The Abstraction of Hardball 101
- Chapter 10 Prisoner's Dilemma: A Game with Cooperation 121
- Chapter 11 War Games: NATO Versus Yugoslavia 137.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: 1999.
- "Owl Books"--Spine.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 151) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780716735601
- 0716735601
- OCLC:
- 458716589
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