Description: Title: Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?: And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability Author: Nahin, Paul J. Publisher: Princeton University Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 256 Dimensions: 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.00d Product Weight: 0.8 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780691196367 A collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling math writer Paul Nahin What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book. Nahin brings probability to life with colorful historical anecdotes and a unique puzzle-solving approach that illustrates many of the techniques mathematicians use to grapple with probability. He looks at classic puzzles--from Galileo's dice-tossing problem to a disarming dice puzzle that would have astonished even Newton--and presents a dozen challenge problems and twenty-five probability puzzlers. With wit and insight, Nahin demonstrates why seemingly simple probability problems can stump even the experts. Ships Fast From The USA! Authorized Dealer
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Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : and Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Probability & Statistics / General
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.7 in
Author: Paul Nahin
Subject Area: Mathematics
Item Width: 5.7 in
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