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Joseph Mazur
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An edition of Fluke (2016)

Fluke

the math and myth of coincidences

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Looks at coincidences and unlikely occurrences, delving into the mathematical concepts of probability and sharing stories of striking flukes and coincidences from around the world.

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Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Language
English
Pages
273

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Subjects
Chance, Coincidence theory (Mathematics), Simultaneity (Physics), Coincidence, Fixed point theory, Relativity (physics)

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2017-02-02, Oneworld Publications
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Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidences
2016, Oneworld Publications
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Fluke: The Math and Myth of Coincidence
2016, Basic Books
in English
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Fluke: the math and myth of coincidences
2016, Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
in English
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Table of Contents

Introduction
The stories
Exceptional moments
The girl from Petrovka and other benign coincidences
Meaningful coincidences
The mathematics
What are the chances?
Bernoulli's gift
Long strings of heads
Pascal's triangle
The problem with monkeys
The analysis
Enormity of the world
The stories of chapter 2 revisited
The head-scratchers
Evidence
Discovery
Risk
Psychic power
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-257) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
514/.2
Library of Congress
QA612.24 .M39 2016, QA612.24.M39 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 273 pages
Number of pages
273

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27205328M
ISBN 10
0465060951
ISBN 13
9780465060955
LCCN
2015043288
OCLC/WorldCat
920018267

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