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001			ocn920018267
003			OCoLC
005			20180722222541.0
008			151105s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015043288
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019			_a946259821
020			_a9780465060955 (hardcover)
020			_a0465060951 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)920018267 _z(OCoLC)946259821
042			_apcc
092			_a514.2 _bM476
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMazur, Joseph. _997662
245	1	0	_aFluke : _bthe math and myth of coincidence / _cJoseph Mazur.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, _c[2016]
300			_aviii, 273 pages : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520			_aLooks at coincidences and unlikely occurrences, delving into the mathematical concepts of probability and sharing stories of striking flukes and coincidences from around the world.
650		0	_aCoincidence theory (Mathematics) _9302566
650		0	_aSimultaneity (Physics) _9302567
650		0	_aCoincidence. _967819
650		0	_aChance. _997860
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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