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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.

ISBN: 9780465060955 0465060951

LCCN: 2015043288

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Coincidence theory (Mathematics)
Simultaneity (Physics)
Coincidence.
Chance.
Chance.
Coincidence.
Coincidence theory (Mathematics)
Simultaneity (Physics)
Zufall
Wahrscheinlichkeit

LC Class. No.: QA612.24 / .M39 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 514/.2 519.2