Struck By Lightning

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.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey S Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.09.2006
• EAN: 9780006394952
• ISBN: 978-0-00-639495-2
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: SCIENCE: General, SCIENCE: Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE: Mechanics / Statics, Dynamics and statics