Fluke : the math and myth of coincidence /
Mazur, Joseph.
Fluke : the math and myth of coincidence / Joseph Mazur. - viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780465060955 (hardcover) 0465060951 (hardcover)
2015043288
Coincidence theory (Mathematics)
Simultaneity (Physics)
Coincidence.
Chance.
Fluke : the math and myth of coincidence / Joseph Mazur. - viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
9780465060955 (hardcover) 0465060951 (hardcover)
2015043288
Coincidence theory (Mathematics)
Simultaneity (Physics)
Coincidence.
Chance.