The Improbability Principle : : why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every day
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The mystery -- A capricious universe -- What is chance? -- The law of inevitability -- The law of truly large numbers -- The law of selection -- The law of the probability lever -- The law of near enough -- The human mind -- Life, the universe, and everything -- How to use the improbatility principle.
"An eye-opening and engrossing look at rare moments, why they occur, and how they shape our world"-- Provided by publisher.
A statistician presents his theory that extraordinary and rare events are actually commonplace and cites stories of two-time lottery winners and other bizarre coincidences to support his theory that unlikely events statistically must happen.
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New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: xii, 269 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374175344
0374175349
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Probabilities.