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Detailing the history of probability, this book examines the classic problems of probability that have shaped the field and emphasizes problems that are counter-intuitive by nature. Classic Problems of Probability is rich in the history of probability while keeping the explanations and discussions as accessible as possible.
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Contents note continued: 21.Lewis Carroll's Pillow Problem No. 72 (1894) -- 22.Borel and a Different Kind of Normality (1909) -- 23.Borel's Paradox and Kolmogorov's Axioms (1909, 1933) -- 24.Of Borel, Monkeys, and the New Creationism (1913) -- 25.Kraitchik's Neckties and Newcomb's Problem (1930, 1960) -- 26.Fisher and the Lady Tasting Tea (1935) -- 27.Benford and the Peculiar Behavior of the First Significant Digit (1938) -- 28.Coinciding Birthdays (1939) -- 29.Levy and the Arc Sine Law (1939) -- 30.Simpson's Paradox (1951) -- 31.Gamow, Stern, and Elevators (1958) -- 32.Monty-Hall, Cars, and Goats (1975) -- 33.Parrondo's Perplexing Paradox (1996).
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Cardano and Games of Chance (1564) -- 2.Galileo and a Discovery Concerning Dice (1620) -- 3.The Chevalier de Mere Problem I: The Problem of Dice (1654) -- 4.The Chevalier de Mere Problem II: The Problem of Points (1654) -- 5.Huygens and the Gambler's Ruin (1657) -- 6.The Pepys-Newton Connection (1693) -- 7.Rencontres with Montmort (1708) -- 8.Jacob Bernoulli and his Golden Theorem (1713) -- 9.De Moivre's Problem (1730) -- 10.De Moivre, Gauss, and the Normal Curve (1730, 1809) -- 11.Daniel Bernoulli and the St. Petersburg Problem (1738) -- 12.d'Alembert and the "Croix ou Pile" Article (1754) -- 13.d'Alembert and the Gambler's Fallacy (1761) -- 14.Bayes, Laplace, and Philosophies of Probability (1764, 1774) -- 15.Leibniz's Error (1768) -- 16.The Buffon Needle Problem (1777) -- 17.Bertrand's Ballot Problem (1887) -- 18.Bertrand's Strange Three Boxes (1889) -- 19.Bertrand's Chords (1889) -- 20.Three Coins and a Puzzle from Galton (1894) --