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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