What's Luck Got to Do with It?
Download or Read eBook What's Luck Got to Do with It? PDF written by Joseph Mazur and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Joseph Mazur |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2010-06-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691138909 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691138907 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis What's Luck Got to Do with It? by : Joseph Mazur
Book excerpt: Mathematician Mazur traces the history of gambling from the earliest known archaeological evidence of dice-playing among Neolithic peoples to the first systematic mathematical games of change during the Renaissance, and explains the mathematics behind gambling--including the laws of probability, statistics, and betting against expectations. Photos.
