Chance [electronic resource] The Life of Games & the Game of Life / by Joaquim P. Marques de Sá.
With its many easy-to-follow mathematical examples, this book takes the reader on an almost chronological trip through the fascinating and amazing laws of chance, omnipresent in the natural world and in our daily lives. Along the route many fascinating topics are discussed, such as: challenging prob...
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
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Chance: The Life of Games & the Game of Life |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Probabilities and Games of Chance -- Amazing Conditions -- Expecting to Win -- The Wonderful Curve -- Probable Inferences -- Fortune and Ruin -- The Nature of Chance -- Noisy Irregularities -- Chance and Order -- Living with Chance. | |
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