MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009045799
003 DLC
005 20110417081101.0
008 091119s2010 njua b 001 0 eng
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015 $aGBB039514$2bnb
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020 $a9780691138909 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0691138907 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn466341420
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050 00 $aQA271$b.M39 2010
082 00 $a519.2/7$222
100 1 $aMazur, Joseph.
245 10 $aWhat's luck got to do with it? :$bthe history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion /$cJoseph Mazur.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2010.
300 $axvii, 277 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.
505 0 $aThe history -- Pits, pebbles, and bones : rolling to discover fate -- The professionals : luck becomes measurable -- From coffeehouses to casinos : gaming becomes big business -- There's no stopping it now : from bans to bookies -- Betting with trillions : the 2008 world economic calamity -- The mathematics -- Who's got a royal flush? : one deal as likely as another -- The behavior of a coin : making predictions with probability -- Someone has to win : betting against expectation -- A truly astonishing result : the weak law of large numbers -- The skill/luck spectrum : even great talent needs some good fortune -- The analysis -- Let it ride : the house money effect -- Knowing when to quit : psychomanaging risk -- The theories : what makes a gambler? -- Hot hands : expecting long runs of the same outcome -- Luck : the dicey illusion.
650 0 $aGames of chance (Mathematics)
650 0 $aChance$xPsychological aspects.
650 0 $aGambling$xSocial aspects.