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What are the chances of that? : how to think about uncertainty / Andrew C.A. Elliott.
Van Pelt Library QA273.18 .E55 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Andrew C. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities.
- Chance.
- Uncertainty.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 356 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 PURE CHANCE
- The Roll of the Dice
- Reckoning the Chances
- Random Thoughts
- Patterns of Probability
- pt. 2 LIFE CHANCES
- Isn't That a Coincidence?
- What Luck!
- Taking a Gamble
- Danger of Death
- What's There to Worry About?
- pt. 3 HAPPY ACCIDENTS
- Chance Discoveries
- Mixing it Up
- A Chance to Live
- Random Technology
- pt. 4 AKING CHARGE OF CHANCE
- The Weight of Evidence
- Clarity from Chaos
- Sharing the Risk
- Shaping the Risk
- What's Coming Next?
- Last Chance
- See Also.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780198869023
- 0198869029
- OCLC:
- 1246283623
- Publisher Number:
- 99989246728
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