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Fluke : the math and myth of coincidence / Joseph Mazur.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2016]Description: viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780465060955
- 0465060951
- QA 612.24 .M39 2016
Contents:
Summary: Looks at coincidences and unlikely occurrences, delving into the mathematical concepts of probability and sharing stories of striking flukes and coincidences from around the world.
5050 Introduction -- The stories -- Exceptional moments -- The girl from Petrovka and other benign coincidences -- Meaningful coincidences -- The mathematics -- What are the chances? -- Bernoulli's gift -- Long strings of heads -- Pascal's triangle -- The problem with monkeys -- The analysis -- Enormity of the world -- The stories of chapter 2 revisited -- The head-scratchers -- Evidence -- Discovery -- Risk -- Psychic power -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Epilogue.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QA 612.24 .M39 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5160942 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
5050 Introduction -- The stories -- Exceptional moments -- The girl from Petrovka and other benign coincidences -- Meaningful coincidences -- The mathematics -- What are the chances? -- Bernoulli's gift -- Long strings of heads -- Pascal's triangle -- The problem with monkeys -- The analysis -- Enormity of the world -- The stories of chapter 2 revisited -- The head-scratchers -- Evidence -- Discovery -- Risk -- Psychic power -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Epilogue.
Looks at coincidences and unlikely occurrences, delving into the mathematical concepts of probability and sharing stories of striking flukes and coincidences from around the world.
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