Taking chances

Description:

"Taking Chances presents an entertaining and accessible guide that aims to help the reader to improve their ability to work with probabilities. By describing and analysing a wide range of situations in which chance plays a role, such as the lottery, football pools, roulette, and card games, the book guides the reader around many of the common pitfalls and controversies that surround probability."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Probabilities,  Popular works,  Chance,  Gambling,  Probabilidades,  Obras de divulgación,  Juegos de azar (Matemáticas),  Probabilités,  Ouvrages de vulgarisation,  MATHEMATICS,  Probability & Statistics,  General,  Alltag,  Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie,  Einführung,  Waarschijnlijkheidstheorie,  Kansspelen,  Mathematical Statistics,  Physical Sciences & Mathematics