Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

ISBN 10: 0002007916 / ISBN 13: 9780002007917

Edité par HarperCollins Canada, 2005

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• Titre: Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities
• Éditeur: HarperCollins Canada
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0002007916
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780002007917
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 3ème Édition
• État de l'article: good

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Présentation de l'éditeur

From lotteries, opinion polls and insuranceto worries about murder rates, naturaldisasters and terrorism, probability plays amajor part in our everyday lives—a partthat is frequently and needlessly misunderstood.Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, a mathprofessor and improvisational comedian,comes to the rescue with this irreverent,bestselling exploration of the odds andoddities of randomness. Looking at suchfamiliar topics as poker hands, e-mailspam, political elections and game shows,Struck by Lightning puts probability intoperspective and has fun along the way.