Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the
time - or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition,
based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as
these are classic examples of what are known to be 50-50
guesses.But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results -
and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples.
It is possible to devise experiments in which a flipped coin lands
heads completely at random half the time, but we can also correctly
predict when it will land heads more than half the time. The Fate
of Schrodinger's Cat shows how high-school algebra and basic
probability theory, with the invaluable assistance of computer
simulations, can be used to investigate both the intuitive and the
counterintuitive.This book explores fascinating and controversial
questions involving prediction, decision-making, and statistical
analysis in a number of diverse areas, ranging from whether there
is such a thing as a 'hot hand' in shooting a basketball, to how we
can successfully predict, more than half the time, the decay of the
radioactive atom that determines the fate of Schrodinger's Cat.
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