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- 276 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
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"Human beings have long been both fascinated and appalled by randomness. On the one hand, we love the thrill of a surprise party or the freedom of not knowing what tomorrow will bring. We are inexplicably delighted by strange coincidences and striking similarities. But we also hate uncertainty's dark side. From cancer to bird flu, diseases may strike with no apparent pattern. Terrorists attack, airplanes crash, bridges collapse, and we never know if we'll be that one-in-a-million statistic. In this entertaining look at the world of probabilities, Jeffrey Rosenthal, maths professor and improvisational comedian, explains the mechanics of randomness in fields as diverse as poker hands, email spam, crime statistics, opinion polls and lottery jackpots"--Publisher website.
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Struck by Lightning, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
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- Rok vydania
- 2008
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- Titul
- Struck by Lightning
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
- Vydavateľ
- Granta Books
- Rok vydania
- 2008
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 276
- ISBN10
- 186207996X
- ISBN13
- 9781862079960
- Série
- Štítky
- Náučná literatúra, Spoločenské vedy, Veda & Matematika, Psychológia, Veda, Matematika, Štatistika, Pravdepodobnosť
- Prvé vydanie
- 2005
- Pôvodný názov
- Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities
- Hodnotenie
- 3,3 z 5
- Anotácia
- "Human beings have long been both fascinated and appalled by randomness. On the one hand, we love the thrill of a surprise party or the freedom of not knowing what tomorrow will bring. We are inexplicably delighted by strange coincidences and striking similarities. But we also hate uncertainty's dark side. From cancer to bird flu, diseases may strike with no apparent pattern. Terrorists attack, airplanes crash, bridges collapse, and we never know if we'll be that one-in-a-million statistic. In this entertaining look at the world of probabilities, Jeffrey Rosenthal, maths professor and improvisational comedian, explains the mechanics of randomness in fields as diverse as poker hands, email spam, crime statistics, opinion polls and lottery jackpots"--Publisher website.