The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles and rare events happen all the time
Hand, D. J. (David J.), 1950-2015
Book
Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? In this book - aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified explanation, which he calls the improbability principle.
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London : Corgi Books, 2015.
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317 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: New York: Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780552170192 (pbk)0552170194 (pbk)
Dewey class:
519.2 HAN519.2
LC class:
QA273
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English
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BRN:
311529