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Bad luck Brad

2002
On the last day of school Brad keeps running into bad luck, but by the end of the day he realizes that there is always a chance things will get better.

Pigs at odds

fun with math and games
2003
While trying their luck at various games at the county fair, members of the Pig family find out what the odds are that they will go home as winners. Includes an explanation of odds and probability.

Pigs at odds

fun with math and games
2000
While trying their luck at various games at the county fair, members of the Pig family find out what the odds are that they will go home as winners. Includes an explanation of odds and probability.

The long wait

2000
Two friends try to estimate how long they will have to wait in line to get on the fantastic new ride.

This book beats the odds

a collection of amazing & startling odds
2013
This book describes a variety of trivia facts based on the mathematical odds of strange events or conditions happening from day to day.

Drop

2008
Sixteen-year-old math prodigy Jerrica discovers she has the ability to predict outcomes in blackjack and roulette, and joins forces with Sanjay and Kat to develop her theories while helping them get the money they desperately need.

Gregor Mendel's genetic theory

understanding and applying concepts of probability
2007
Photographs, illustrations, and text describe the concepts of probability and the genetic theory of Gregor Johann Mendel, a nineteenth-century Augustinian monk in Brunn, Austria who is known for his experiments with genetic development and inheritance.

Antifragile

things that gain from disorder
2012
Shares philosophical insights into how adversity and chaos can bring out the best in individuals and communities, drawing on multiple disciplines to consider such topics as the superiority of city states over nation states, the drawbacks of debt, and why modern developments usually fail.

The Drunkard's walk

how randomness rules our lives
2008
Reveals the impact chance has on a person's day-to-day life, explaining how wine ratings, school grades, political polls, health, and other factors of daily life are based more on chance than reliable information and examining how psychological factors have led people to underestimate the power of chance.

Does measurement measure up?

how numbers reveal and conceal the truth
2006
Examines the ways that knowledge and measurement are interrelated by looking at what, why, and how we measure aspects of the world.

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