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Jeffrey S Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

Struck By Lightning

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

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.>

Product details

Authors	Jeffrey S Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
Publisher	Harper Perennial USA

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	12.09.2006

EAN	9780006394952
ISBN	978-0-00-639495-2
No. of pages	288
Subjects	SCIENCE: General, SCIENCE: Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE: Mechanics / Statics

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