Taking chances
Subtitle: winning with probability
By: John Haigh.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Probabilities -- Popular works.
Description: "Taking Chances presents an entertaining and accessible guide that aims to help the reader to improve their ability to work with probabilities. By describing and analysing a wide range of situations in which chance plays a role, such as the lottery, football pools, roulette, and card games, the book guides the reader around many of the common pitfalls and controversies that surround probability."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [324]-326) and index.