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Taking Chances: Winning with Probability

Taking Chances: Winning with Probability

Paperback

Series: Winning with Probability

LinguisticsGeneral GamblingProbability & Statistics

ISBN10: 0198526636
ISBN13: 9780198526636
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 28 2003
Pages: 388
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.02 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyzes a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette, coins, and dice. The book guides the reader round common pitfalls, demonstrates how to make better informed decisions, and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favor. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and The Weakest Link, plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.

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