Description: Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability: A Collection of Not So Well-Known Mathematical Mind-Benders (With Solutions, With One Exception), Paperback by Nahin, Paul J., ISBN 0691196362, ISBN-13 9780691196367, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
A collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling math writer Paul Nahin
What 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 informativ. 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 Galileos 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.
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Book Title: Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : And Numerous Other Curious
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : and Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Probability & Statistics / General
Publication Year: 2019
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.7 in
Author: Paul Nahin
Subject Area: Mathematics
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
