عنوان

Chances are-- :

شابک

0143038346

شابک

9780143038344

شماره

b802496

عنوان اصلي

Chances are-- :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

adventures in probability /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Michael Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

New York, N.Y. :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Penguin Books,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2007.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

319 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes index.

متن يادداشت

Originally published: Viking, 2006.

متن يادداشت

Thinking -- Discovering -- Elaborating -- Gambling -- Securing -- Figuring -- Healing -- Judging -- Predicting -- Fighting -- Being.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

A layman's journey into the realm of probability. We search for certainty, but find only likelihood. All things are possible, only one thing actually happens; everything else is in the realm of probability. The twin disciplines of probability and statistics underpin every modern science and sketch the shape of all purposeful group activity--politics, economics, medicine, law, sports--giving humans a handle on the essential uncertainty of their existence. Yet while we are all aware of the hard facts, most of us still refuse to take account of probability--preferring to drive, not fly; buying into market blips; smoking cigarettes; denying we will ever age. There are some people, though--gamblers, risk buyers, forensic experts, doctors, strategists--who find probability's mass of incomplete uncertainties delightful and revelatory. This book is their story.--From publisher description.

موضوع مستند نشده

Probabilities.

موضوع مستند نشده

Probabilities.

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kaplan, Michael.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kaplan, Ellen,1936-

تاريخ عمليات

20201207152740.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y