The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374175344 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0374175349 (hc.)
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Physical Description:
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xii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-256) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The mystery -- A capricious universe -- What is chance? -- The law of inevitability -- The law of truly large numbers -- The law of selection -- The law of the probability lever -- The law of near enough -- The human mind -- Life, the universe, and everything -- How to use the improbability principle. |
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Subject: | Coincidence Probabilities Statistics |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | QA 273 H3545 2014 (Text) | 26040003017510 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |