The pleasures of probability /
The purpose of "The Pleasures of Probability" is to introduce some of the most fundamental ideas in classical probability to a fairly general audience - reaching from mathematical amateurs to scientists, from students to professional mathematicians. The only prerequisites required are a de...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1995]
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| Series: | Undergraduate texts in mathematics. Readings in mathematics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The purpose of "The Pleasures of Probability" is to introduce some of the most fundamental ideas in classical probability to a fairly general audience - reaching from mathematical amateurs to scientists, from students to professional mathematicians. The only prerequisites required are a decent background in elementary algebra and an interest in discussions of a variety of problems and applications in probability. The style is informal, and the chapters are more like essays on a particular topic than textbook treatments. Even well-known problems are often covered in more depth than usual in order to illustrate underlying ideas. The book can be used as a text for a first course in probability or as a companion to a text. Each chapter ends with a few problems, the answers to which are given at the end of the book. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461208198 (electronic bk.) 146120819X (electronic bk.) |