What's luck got to do with it?
Subtitle: the history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion
By: Joseph Mazur
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780691138909
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: The history; title: Pits, pebbles, and bones : rolling to discover fate; title: The professionals : luck becomes measurable; title: From coffeehouses to casinos : gaming becomes big business; title: There's no stopping it now : from bans to bookies; title: Betting with trillions : the 2008 world economic calamity; title: The mathematics; title: Who's got a royal flush? : one deal as likely as another; title: The behavior of a coin : making predictions with probability; title: Someone has to win : betting against expectation; title: A truly astonishing result : the weak law of large numbers; title: The skill/luck spectrum : even great talent needs some good fortune; title: The analysis; title: Let it ride : the house money effect; title: Knowing when to quit : psychomanaging risk; title: The theories : what makes a gambler?; title: Hot hands : expecting long runs of the same outcome; title: Luck : the dicey illusion.