The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day /
"An eye-opening and engrossing look at rare moments, why they occur, and how they shape our world In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand unveils his groundbreaking argument that extraordinarily rare events are in fact commonplace. Weaving together fascinating n...
| Main Author: | Hand, D. J. 1950- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Call Number: | QA273 .H3545 2014 |
| Institution: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Library: | Main Library |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | ppap.53396 / 9780374175344 (hbk.)) |
| Online Public Access Catalog: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Published: |
New York :
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The mystery
- A capricious universe
- What is chance?
- The law of inevitability
- The law of truly large numbers
- The law of selection
- The law of the probability lever
- The law of near enough
- The human mind
- Life, the universe, and everything
- How to use the improbability principle
- Appendix A.
- Mind-numbingly large and mind-bogglingly small
- Appendix B.
- Rules of chance.