Fluke : the math and myth of coincidence / Joseph Mazur.
Publication details: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, c2016.Description: viii, 273 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780465060955 (hc.)
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- QA612.24 .M39 2016
- QA612.24 .M39 2016
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510 BROW Our days are numbered : how mathematics orders our lives / | 510 PREC Pre-calculus for dummies / | 512 STER Algebra for dummies / | 514.2 MAZU Fluke : the math and myth of coincidence / | 515 RYAN Calculus for dummies / | 516.24 STER Trigonometry for dummies / | 520 DICK Summer stargazing: a practical guide for recreational astronomers |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The stories -- Exceptional moments -- The girl from Petrovka and other benign coincidences -- Meaningful coincidences -- The mathematics -- What are the chances? -- Bernoulli's gift -- Long strings of heads -- Pascal's triangle -- The problem with monkeys -- The analysis -- Enormity of the world -- The stories of chapter 2 revisited -- The head-scratchers -- Evidence -- Discovery -- Risk -- Psychic power -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Epilogue.
Looks at coincidences and unlikely occurrences, delving into the mathematical concepts of probability and sharing stories of striking flukes and coincidences from around the world.
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