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The Improbability Principle

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Improbability Principle

By David Hand

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About the book

Here, in this highly original book - aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified explanation, which he calls the improbability principle.

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9780552170192

Publisher

Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published year

2015

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Edition

1

Original title

The Improbability Principle

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Paperback

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