The Pleasures of Probability (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 038794415X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 244 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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I have used examples from a wide variety of fields to motivate the discussion of concepts.. In fact, twentieth-century physics, in embrac ing quantum mechanics, has a world view that is at its core probabilistic in nature, contrary to the deterministic one of classical physics. In this book, I wanted to introduce a reader with at least a fairly decent mathematical background in elementary algebra to this world of probabil ity, to the way of thinking typical of probability, and the kinds of problems to which probability can be applied. The ideas of probability are all around us. Lotteries, casino gambling, the al most non-stop polling which seems to mold public policy more and more these are a few of the areas where principles of probability impinge in a direct way on the lives and fortunes of the general public. It is a subject where you can start thinking about amusing, interesting, and often difficult problems with very little mathematical background. At a more re moved level there is modern science which uses probability and its offshoots like statistics and the theory of random processes to build mathematical descriptions of the real world. In addition to all this muscular evidence of the importance of probability ideas it should also be said that probability can be lots of fun
Michael R. Chernick said nice intro to probability. Professor Isaac has written a book for those interested in learning about probability. It is at a high school algebra level although knowledge of calculus could be helpful at times. He starts with the now famous Monte Hall problem and provides the most lucid explanation I have seen to date. This is a great way to introduce important probability notions such as sample space and probability models for the sample outcomes. Deals mainly with discrete probability which is easiest to understand and yet rich with ap. Treetown said very good book - fun for amateurs. This is a wonderful book for both the serious and amateur mathematician. For the serious student and practitioner it will provide an excellent background. For the amateur who enjoy dabbling and reading about math, this is a wonderful book - just read the opening section which explains clearly and an illustrated fashion the Monty Hall problem.. angryd said Great content, kindle version has issues. As a warning I have only used the kindle version, as this was my first experiment in using the kindle for a reference book.While the content and examples presented are great, the formatting on the kindle suffers from several problems, mainly when presenting formulas. They mistakenly have C instead of subset operators, leave off multiplication dots between numbers, etc. When there aren't mistakes in the format they suffer from some fairly obviously low res images for the formulas.I cannot compare this with the