A collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling
math writer Paul Nahin What are the chances of a game-show
contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a
fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are some of
the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that popular math writer Paul
Nahin offers in this lively and informative book. Nahin brings
probability to life with colorful historical anecdotes and a unique
puzzle-solving approach that illustrates many of the techniques
mathematicians use to grapple with probability. He looks at classic
puzzles-from Galileo's dice-tossing problem to a disarming dice
puzzle that would have astonished even Newton-and presents a dozen
challenge problems and twenty-five probability puzzlers. With wit
and insight, Nahin demonstrates why seemingly simple probability
problems can stump even the experts.
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