- Paperback: 270 pages
- Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0309097347
- ISBN-13: 978-0309097345
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 16.9 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #533,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When I was a graduate student at Harvard University, I booked a flight to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to visit some relatives. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
When I was a graduate student at Harvard University, I booked a flight to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport to visit some relatives. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Practical Book on Probability in the Everyday World,
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This review is from: Struck By Lightning (Hardcover)
I love books like this! I saw this one, browsed through it a bit and bought it right away because it looked very good - it was. I can confidently say that this is one of the best books of its type. The author explains, in very clear language, the nature of probability and its use in understanding some of the many areas in everyday life that could otherwise remain very obscure or misunderstood. The topics covered include gambling games and methods, the ways casinos operate (this may be very surprising to many), card games and strategies, pre-election polls, certain game shows, the war against spam, weather prediction, and many other areas where probability plays a key role. The author, an expert in the field, writes very well and in such an engaging and often humorous style that the book is almost impossible to put down. Those who read this book will understand a bit more about how the world that we live in actually works. I highly recommended this book to everyone!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Practical Book on Probability in the Everyday World,
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This review is from: Struck By Lightning (Hardcover)
I love books like this! I saw this one, browsed through it a bit and bought it right away because it looked promissing - I was right! I can confidently say that this is one of the best books of its type. The author explains, in very clear language, the nature of probability and its use in understanding some of the many areas in everyday life that could otherwise remain very obscure or misunderstood. The topics covered include gambling games and methods, the ways casinos operate (this may be very surprising to many), card games and strategies, pre-election polls, certain game shows, the war against spam, weather prediction, and many other areas where probability plays a key role. The author, an expert in the field, writes very well and in such an engaging and often humorous style that the book is almost impossible to put down. Those who read this book will understand a bit more about how the world that we live in actually works. I highly recommended this book to everyone!!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Poker, lotteries, viruses and polls - this is math!,
By Maria Hoeffer (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Struck By Lightning (Hardcover)
Struck By Lightning does a fantastic job of making probability accessible to non-math geeks. This would have been a great one to accompany my statistics course in university! While at times Rosenthal seems to get a little too caught up in explaining all the numbers and equations, this book is highly readable and enjoyable. I especially enjoyed the little "final exam" at the end!
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