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1) Random acts of medicine: the hidden forces that sway doctors, impact patients, and shape our health
Author
Language
English
Description
A book at the intersection of health and economics reveals the hidden side of medicine and how unexpected -- but predictable -- events can profoundly affect our health.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wiley Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xx, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Discover how to: conquer combinations and permutations, understand probability models from binomial to exponential, make good decisions using probability, play the odds in poker, roulette, and other games." --p. 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A layman's journey into the realm of probability. We search for certainty, but find only likelihood. All things are possible, only one thing actually happens; everything else is in the realm of probability. The twin disciplines of probability and statistics underpin every modern science and sketch the shape of all purposeful group activity--politics, economics, medicine, law, sports--giving humans a handle on the essential uncertainty of their existence....
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Coompany
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"With colorful photographs and interactive examples, Bruce Goldstone introduces children to the ideas of something being possible, probable, or impossible. Each spread features an easy-to-understand, fun scenario such as dice rolling and bowling, with questions about probable outcomes and simple explanations. In the vein of GREAT ESTIMATIONS, this is a perfect book for getting across important math concepts in a fun way"--
11) Randomness
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
238 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
16) Beat the odds
Author
Publisher
Cardoza Pub
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Life is full of uncertainty-- indeed, scientific advances indicate that the universe might be fundamentally inexact-- and humans are terrible at guessing. Stewart reveals that, over the course of history, mathematics has given us some of the tools we need to better manage the uncertainty that pervades our lives. From forecasting, to medical research, to figuring out how to win Let's Make a Deal, he provides a tour of what we can know, and what we...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Two boys find that the most ordinary events and activities such as card games, coin flips, sports scores and statistics, and even weather prediction are dependent on the subtle interplay of many factors of chance and probability.
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