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050	0	4	_aQA 612.24 _b.M39 2016
090			_aQA 612.24 .M39 2016
100	1		_aMazur, Joseph. _99311
245	1	0	_aFluke : _bthe math and myth of coincidence / _cJoseph Mazur.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2016]
300			_aviii, 273 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent _btxt
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia _bn
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier _bnc
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a5050 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.
520			_aLooks at coincidences and unlikely occurrences, delving into the mathematical concepts of probability and sharing stories of striking flukes and coincidences from around the world.
650		0	_aCoincidence theory (Mathematics) _99312
650		0	_aSimultaneity (Physics) _99313
650		0	_aCoincidence. _99314
650		0	_aChance. _99315
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