probabilities

Readers are introduced to the concept of probability in a story about a boy who has a day in which nothing goes right.

Explains the "black swan" phenomenon, which is an event characterized by its unpredictability, massive impact, and the explanations used to try and make it appear less random, and explores how "black swans" throughout history have influenced civilizations, religions, and governments.

A philosophic treatise on the nature and operation of luck, as distinguised from fate and chance, and how it can, to some extent, be tamed and turned to our advantage.

Explains the applications of the theory of probabilities and statistics, using a variety of examples taken from everyday life.

Provides an introduction to the fundamental laws of chance and probability, explaining the theory of probability and its applications to poker, lotteries, and other games of chance, and showing how to apply the principles of probability theory to statistics.

Explains how the laws of chance help describe the world and its patterns and discusses how strange events and bizarre coincidences are part of the natural variation of things.

"Uses simple text and photographs to explain chance and probability"--Provided by publisher.

Simple experiments with easily available materials explain the theory of probability and how it is used by scientists, poll-takers, and industrialists.

A wolf's attempt to figure out in which of five houses he is most likely to find one of three little pigs introduces such mathematical concepts as combinatorial analysis, permutations, and probabilities.