{"product_id":"will-you-be-alive-10-years-from-now-and-numerous-other-curious-questions-in-probability-9780691196367","title":"Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?: And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling math writer Paul Nahin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book. Nahin brings probability to life with colorful historical anecdotes and a unique puzzle-solving approach that illustrates many of the techniques mathematicians use to grapple with probability. He looks at classic puzzles--from Galileo's dice-tossing problem to a disarming dice puzzle that would have astonished even Newton--and presents a dozen challenge problems and twenty-five probability puzzlers. With wit and insight, Nahin demonstrates why seemingly simple probability problems can stump even the experts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul J. Nahin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691196367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul J. Nahin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many popular math books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Fall Slower Than Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e In Praise of Simple Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Imaginary Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41015262969971,"sku":"9.78069E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0eb7dd8f-8654-4611-bf03-3ccee120d6d0.jpg?v=1697555494","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/will-you-be-alive-10-years-from-now-and-numerous-other-curious-questions-in-probability-9780691196367","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}