Chances Are . . .: Adventures in Probability - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael Kaplan, Ellen KaplanAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2007-03-01Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143038344ISBN-10:143038346UPC:9780143038344Book Category:Mathematics, Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Probability & Statistics, Applied Sciences, ReferenceSize:7.94 x 5.36 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCYSMVJ8WV
Chances Are . . .: Adventures in Probability
A compelling journey through history, mathematics, and philosophy, charting humanity's struggle against randomness
Our lives are played out in the arena of chance. However little we recognize it in our day-to-day existence, we are always riding the odds, seeking out certainty but settling--reluctantly--for likelihood, building our beliefs on the shadowy props of probability. Chances Are is the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780143038344ISBN-10:143038346UPC:9780143038344Book Category:Mathematics, Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Probability & Statistics, Applied Sciences, ReferenceSize:7.94 x 5.36 x 0.73 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCYSMVJ8WV
Michael Kaplan studied European history at Harvard and Oxford. After a stint as producer/director at WGBH, he has been an award-winning writer and filmmaker working abroad for clients including governments, corporations, museums, and charities.
Ellen Kaplan trained as a classical archaeologist and has taught math, biology, Greek, Latin, and history.She and her husband, Robert, run the Math Circle,...
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