What are the chances?: voodoo deaths, office gossip, and other adventures in probability
Roulette wheels and the plague -- Surely something's wrong with you -- The life table : you can bet on it! -- The rarest events -- The waiting game -- Stockbrokers and climate change
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Baltimore, Md.
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2002
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Probability calculus
/ Mathematical recreation
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| Further subjects: | B
Popular culture
B Probabilities Popular works B Probability B Chance Popular works B Chance Popular works B Statistics B Application B Probabilities Popular works B Chance |
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| Summary: | Roulette wheels and the plague -- Surely something's wrong with you -- The life table : you can bet on it! -- The rarest events -- The waiting game -- Stockbrokers and climate change |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | XI, 141 S., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 0801869412 |