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What are the chances of that? : how to think about uncertainty /

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What are the Chances of That? discusses chance and the importance of understanding how it affects our lives. It goes beyond a mathematical approach to the subject, showing how our thinking about chance and uncertainty has been shaped by history and culture, and only relatively recently by the mathem...

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Main Author: Elliott, Andrew C. A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Probabilities.
Chance.
Uncertainty.
Probability
Probabilités.
Hasard.
Incertitude.
probability.
Probabilities
Chance
Uncertainty
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What are the Chances of That? discusses chance and the importance of understanding how it affects our lives. It goes beyond a mathematical approach to the subject, showing how our thinking about chance and uncertainty has been shaped by history and culture, and only relatively recently by the mathematical theory of probability.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 356 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), map.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191905490
0191905496
9780192639929
0192639927