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Chancing It

Autor Robert Matthews
en Limba Engleză Hardback
Over the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance--only to fail dismally. Whether you call it probability, risk, or uncertainty, the workings of chance often defy common sense. Fortunately, advances of math and science have revealed the laws of chance, and understanding those laws can help in your everyday life.
In Chancing It, award-winning scientist and writer Robert Matthews shows how to understand the laws of probability and use them to your advantage. He gives you access to some of the most potent intellectual tools ever developed, and explains to use them to guide your judgments and decisions. By the end of the book, you will know:
  • How to understand and even predict coincidences

  • When an insurance policy is worth having

  • Why "expert" predictions are often misleading

  • How to tell when a scientific claim is a breakthrough or baloney

  • When it makes sense to place a bet, on anything from sports to stock markets

  • A groundbreaking introduction to the power of probability, Chancing It will sharpen your decision-making and maximize your luck.
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    Specificații

    ISBN-13: 9781510723795
    ISBN-10: 151072379X
    Pagini: 288
    Greutate: 0.59 kg
    Editura: SKYHORSE PUBLISHING

    Notă biografică

    Robert Matthews is one of Britain?s most experienced and successful science writers and broadcasters. He has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Association of British Science Writers? Feature Writer of the Year Award, and also won an Ig Nobel Prize for showing why toast tends to land butter-side down. He is currently a visiting professor at Aston University, where he specializes in probability and statistics. Matthews lives in Oxfordshire, England.
    Larry Gonick is the author of The Cartoon Guide to Statistics and The Cartoon Guide to Calculus.

    Recenzii

    It takes an extraordinary writer to animate this driest of subjects for a general audience. That writer is Matthews ... At a time when mathematics needs charismatic ambassadors more than ever, Matthews has written a book of great significance.
    Beguiling ... Matthews has the knack of explaining things clearly for the nonspecialist, leavening the formulae with intriguing snippets of history and biography ... his enthusiasm contributes to a lively and fascinating narrative.
    Praise for Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs: "Matthews gives us his wisdom like a beneficent and well-read uncle, entertaining his guests at the dinner table."
    Praise for 25 Big Ideas:"Robert Matthews has a gift for finding the simple, fascinating stories at the heart of concepts transforming the modern world"