Chance: A Guide To Gambling, Love,

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Chance: A Guide To Gambling, Love,
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Amir D. Aczel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
Category/GenreProbability and statistics
ISBN/Barcode 9781740513807
ClassificationsDewey:519.2
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House Australia
Imprint Random House Australia
Publication Date 1 December 2004
Publication Country Australia

Description

Chance is an accessible study of Probability, Randomness, Coincidences, Uncertainty and Games. Mathematician Amir D Aczel leads you through simple explanations of each of these forces in life, and explains how you can use your new-found knowledge of these mathematical paradoxes to succeed (or at least have the best CHANCE of succeeding) in gambling, poker, love, who will win the next election and how to choose a housemate or puppy. Each of the chapters is short, self-contained and simple so readers can drop in and out, look up a problem or a theory and then go ahead and use it. For all the maths nerds, gamblers and curious people in your life.

Author Biography

AMIR D. ACZEL is the author of many research articles on mathematics, two textbooks, and nine nonfiction books, including the international bestseller Fermat's Last Theorem, which was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Award. Aczel has appeared on over thirty television programs, including nationwide appearances on CNN, CNBC, and Nightline, and on over a hundred radio programs, including NPR's Weekend Edition and Morning Edition. Aczel is a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.