| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 141 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Our lives are governed by chance. But what, exactly, is chance? In this book, accomplished statistician and storyteller Bart K. Holland takes us on a tour of the world of probability. Weaving together tales from real life - from the spread of the bubonic plague in medieval Europe or the number of Prussian cavalrymen kicked to death by their horses, through IQ test results and deaths by voodoo curse, to why you have to wait in line for rides at Disneyworld - Holland captures the reader's imagination with surprising examples of probability in action, everyday events that can profoundly affect our lives but are controlled by just one number."--Jacket. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Probabilities -- Popular works.
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Probabilities. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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| Subject |
Chance -- Popular works.
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Chance. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Holland, Bart K. What are the chances?. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 0801869412 (DLC) 2001005687 (OCoLC)48003130 |
| ISBN |
0801875927 (electronic book) |
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9780801875922 (electronic book) |
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9780801869419 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0801869412 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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