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What are the chances? : voodoo deaths, office gossip, and other adventures in probability / Bart K. Holland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holland, Bart K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities--Popular works.
- Probabilities.
- Chance--Popular works.
- Chance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (155 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Whether you have only a distant recollection of high school algebra or use differential equations every day, this book offers examples of the impact of chance that will amuse and astonish.
- Contents:
- Roulette wheels and the plague
- Surely something's wrong with you
- The life table: you can bet on it!
- The rarest events
- The waiting game
- Stockbrokers and climate change.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7592-7
- OCLC:
- 51504372
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