Chancing It: The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You

Wide-ranging and readable but superficial David J. Aldous The 34 short chapters are very readable, wide-ranging and correct, making this is a somewhat above-average addition to the extensive collection of "popular science" style books on Probability, comparable to Chance Rules: An Informal Guide to Probability, Risk and Statistics or The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. Though correct, its treat. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Good book, instructive. One Star Too slow and not to the point

He has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Association of British Science Writers? Feature Writer of the Year Award, and also won an Ig Nobel Prize for showing why toast tends to land butter-side down. Matthews lives in Birmingham, England.Larry Gonick is the author of The Cartoon Guide to Statistics and The Cartoon Guide to Calculus.. Robert Matthews is one of Britain?s mos

Whether you call it probability, risk, or uncertainty, the workings of chance often defy common sense. Over the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance?only to fail dismally. . He gives you access to some of the most potent intellectual tools ever developed and explains how to use them to guide your judgments and decisions. By the end of the book, you will know:How to understand and even predict coincidencesWhen an insurance policy is worth havingWhy ?expert? predictions are often misleadingHow to tell when a scientific claim is a breakthrough or baloneyWhen it makes sense to place a bet on anything from sports to stock marketsA groundbreaking introduction to the power of probability, Chancing It will sharpen your decision-making and maximize your luck. Fortunately, advances in math and science have revealed the laws of chance, and understanding those laws can help in your everyday life.In Chancing It, award-winning scientist and writer Robert Matthews shows how to understand the laws of probability and use them to your advantage

In this era?s slippery claims of facts and fallacies, Chancing It is fresh enlightenment on how to judge the random winds of possibility with well-informed skepticism of belief.? ?Joseph Mazur, author of Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence ?Entertaining as well as thought-provoking, Chancing It is a practical guide to the uses and misuses of the science of probability. Written in an engaging, informative and humorous style, you?ll learn everything you need to know about the laws of chance, the probabilities of winning the lottery, and the exaggerated?and often misleading?claims about the nature of randomness. The chances are good that you will find valuable information here.??Arthur Benjamin, author of The Magic of Math and Secrets of Mental Math ?Robert Matthews?s engaging book shows the critical importance of understanding the basic