The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day
Title:
The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day
Author:
Publication Date as Range:
2014
ISBN:
9780374175344
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
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 improbatility principle.
Abstract:
A statistician presents his theory that extraordinary and rare events are actually commonplace and cites stories of two-time lottery winners and other bizarre coincidences to support his theory that unlikely events statistically must happen.
