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Mazur, Joseph

 
9781780749006: Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidences
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1780749007 ISBN 13 : 9781780749006
Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2017

Synopsis

What are the chances?! This exclamation greets the scarcely believable coincidence – you’re picked up by the same taxi driver several years and thousands of miles apart or, in a second-hand bookshop far from home, you find your own childhood copy of Winnie-the-Pooh on the shelf. But the unlikely is more probable than you think. Against every fibre of common sense, the fact is that it’s quite likely that some squirrel, somewhere, will be struck by lightning as it crosses the road.

The chaos and unpredictability of our lives is an illusion. There is a rational order to the universe, and it’s called mathematics. Fluke is a fascinating investigation into the true nature of chance, a must-read for maths enthusiasts and avid storytellers alike, it tears down the veil of improbability to reveal the wonderfully possible. 

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À propos de l'auteur

Joseph Mazur is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College in Vermont. He is the author of four popular mathematics books, including Euclid in the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math which was number four on The Guardian’s Top 10 Popular Mathematics Books of All Time. 

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Éditeur
Oneworld Publications
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1780749007
ISBN 13 
9781780749006
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
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