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What Are the Chances? : Voodoo Deaths, Office Gossip, and Other Adventures in Probability
What Are the Chances Voodoo Deaths Office Gossip and Other Adventures in Probability
Author: Bart K. Holland
Our lives are governed by chance. But what, exactly, is chance? In this book, accomplished statistician and storyteller Bart K. Holland takes us on a tour of the world of probability. Weaving together tales from real life -- from the spread of the bubonic plague in medieval Europe or the number of Prussian cavalrymen kicked to death by their hor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801869419
ISBN-10: 0801869412
Publication Date: 4/30/2002
Pages: 168
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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