Overview
Unique book on how probability affects our everyday lives
Includes many easy-to-follow mathematical examples
Reveals the likelihood of the unlikely!
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents(10 chapters)
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Reviews
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"This book gives a delightful overview of Probability, that is Chance, as a phenomenon in both games and life. … I found this book to be filled with example that I will use in class the next time I teach Probability. … The author keeps the mathematical prerequisites to a minimum, so that this book would be accessible to an undergraduate … . I would consider using it as a text for a student who wanted to do an independent study of probability theory." (Barbara E. Reynolds, MathDL, July, 2008)
"This book on chance is a translation of the 2006 Portuguese original. … it may be read by almost anybody who is interested in the subject of chance." (A. N. Philippou, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2009 a)
Authors and Affiliations
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Fac. Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Joaquim P. Marques de Sá
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chance
Book Subtitle: The Life of Games & the Game of Life
Authors: Joaquim P. Marques de Sá
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74417-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-74416-0Published: 22 February 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-74417-7Published: 02 February 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 224
Additional Information: Original Portuguese edition published by Gravida, Lisboa, 2006
Topics: Popular Science, general, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Complex Systems, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems