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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
| Full title: | The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day |
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| ISBN: | 9780374535001 |
| ISBN 10: | 0374535000 |
| Authors: | Hand, David J. |
| Publisher: | Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Edition: | Reprint |
| Num. pages: | 288 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2015 |
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Synopsis
The Mystery -- A Capricious Universe -- What Is Chance? -- The Law Of Inevitability -- The Law Of Truly Large Numbers -- The Law Of Selection -- The Law Of The Probability Lever -- The Law Of Near Enough -- The Human Mind -- Life, The Universe, And Everything -- How To Use The Improbability Principle -- Appendix A. Mind-numbingly Large And Mind-bogglingly Small -- Appendix B. Rules Of Chance David J. Hand Includes Bibliographical References (pages 247-256) And Index