Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? : : And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability / / Paul J. 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 just some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that acclaimed popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book....
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 28 line illus. 22 tables. |
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