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Chancing It

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Chancing It

By Robert Matthews

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About the book

Everyone who's had to get to grips with chance knows how tricky even its simplest manifestations can be. Its workings are a constant challenge to common sense: a run of luck goes bad just when you trust it; expert predictions of everything from the weather to elections prove hopelessly unreliable; proven health advice turns out to be anything but.Award-winning scientist and writer Robert Matthews shows us how we can cut through the conundrums of chance. He gives us access to some of the most pot...Show more

Probability and statistics

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ISBN

9781781250310

Publisher

Profile Books Ltd

Published year

2017

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1

Original title

Chancing It

Format

Paperback

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