| Description |
viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Coincidence.
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Chance.
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Probabilities.
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Simultaneity (Physics)
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| ISBN |
9780465060955 (hardcover) |
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0465060951 (hardcover) |
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9780465040001 (ebook) |
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