The fate of Schrodingers cat : using math and computers to explore the counterintuitive Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time or the decay of a single radioactive atom Our intuition based on a lifetime of experience tells us that we cannot as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50 50 guesses. But mathematics is filled with counter intuitive results and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples. It is possible to devise experiments in which a flipped coin lands heads completely at random half the time but we can also correctly predict when it will land heads more than half the time. The Fate of Schrodingers Cat shows how high school algebra and basic probability theory with the invaluable assistance of computer simulations can be used to investigate both the intuitive and the counter intuitive. This book explores fascinating and controversial questions involving prediction decision making and statistical analysis in a number of diverse areas ranging from whether there is such a thing as a hot hand in shooting a basketball to how we can successfully predict more than half the time the decay of the radioactive atom that determines the fate of Schrodingers Cat