Taking Chances: Winning with Probability

Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyzes a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette,
coins, and dice. The book guides the reader round common pitfalls, demonstrates how to make better informed decisions, and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favor. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and The Weakest
Link, plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.

Author: John Haigh
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 08/28/2003
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.02w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780198526636

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