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200 10$aChance$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of games & the game of life /$fJoaquim P. Marques de Sa?
205   $a1st ed. 2008.
210   $aBerlin $cSpringer$dc2008
215   $a1 online resource (234 p.)
300   $aOriginal Portuguese ed.: Gravida, 2006.
311   $a3-540-74416-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $aProbabilities and Games of Chance -- Amazing Conditions -- Expecting to Win -- The Wonderful Curve -- Probable Inferences -- Fortune and Ruin -- The Nature of Chance -- Noisy Irregularities -- Chance and Order -- Living with Chance.
330   $aWith its many easy-to-follow mathematical examples, this book takes the reader on an almost chronological trip through the fascinating and amazing laws of chance, omnipresent in the natural world and in our daily lives. Along the route many fascinating topics are discussed, such as: challenging probability paradoxes; "paranormal" coincidences; game odds; causes and effects; interpretation of opinion polls; winning chances as a game proceeds; the nature of randomness; entropy and randomness; randomness in life; algorithmic complexity and the undecidability of randomness; possibilities and limitations of learning the laws of a Universe immersed in chance events. This charming book will inform and entertain the scientist and non-scientist alike.
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