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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles and Rare Events Happen All the Time - Softcover
Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? Here, in this highly original book - aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified explanation, which he calls the improbability principle. This is a book that will appeal not only to those who love stories about startling coincidences and extraordinarily rare events, but also to those who are interested in how a single bold idea links areas as diverse as gambling, the weather, airline disasters and creative writing as well as the origin of life and even the universe. The Improbability Principle will change your perspective on how the world works - and tell you what the Bible code and Shakespeare have in common, how to win the lottery, why Apple's song shuffling was made less random to seem more random. Oh and why lightning does in fact strike twice...
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"A hugely entertaining eye-opener about how misuse of statistics can skew our view of the world" Mail "Lively and lucid ... an intensely useful (as well as a remarkably entertaining) book ..." Salon "In my experience, it is very rare to find a book that is both erudite and entertaining. Yet The Improbability Principle is such a book. Surely this cannot be due to chance alone!" -- Hal Varian, Google's Chief Economist "As someone who happened to meet his future wife on a plane, on an airline he rarely used, I wholeheartedly endorse David Hand's fascinating guide to improbability, a subject which affects the lives of all, yet until now has lacked a coherent exposition of its underlying principles." -- Gordon Woo, catastrophist at Risk Management Solutions
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0593072820
- ISBN 13 9780593072820
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 272 pages. light wear / marks tanned pagesT HE IMPROBABILITY PRINCIPLEWhy Incred ibly Unlikely Things Keep Happeningby David HandBantam Press, UK, 2014ISBN 9780593072820trade pb, 272ppGOOD: light wear / marks; tanned pa gesWhy is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actua lly happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect suc h things to happen? Here, in this highly original book - aimed sq uarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unifie d explanation, which he calls the improbability principle. This i s a book that will appeal not only to those who love stories abou t startling coincidences and extraordinarily rare events, but als o to those who are interested in how a single bold idea links are as as diverse as gambling, the weather, airline disasters and cre ative writing as well as the origin of life and even the universe . The Improbability Principle will change your perspective on how the world works - and tell you what the Bible code and Shakespea re have in common, how to win the lottery, why Apple's song shuff ling was made less random to seem more random. Oh and why lightni ng does in fact strike twice. Seller Inventory # 1140aj
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