What's Luck Got to Do with It?
| Author | : Joseph Mazur |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2010-06-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780691138909 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0691138907 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (907 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis What's Luck Got to Do with It? by : Joseph Mazur
Download or read book What's Luck Got to Do with It? written by Joseph Mazur and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematician Mazur traces the history of gambling from the earliest known archaeological evidence of dice-playing among Neolithic peoples to the first systematic mathematical games of change during the Renaissance, and explains the mathematics behind gambling--including the laws of probability, statistics, and betting against expectations. Photos.