Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems

Author:   Paul Nahin
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   Revised edition
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9780691158211


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 March 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Paul Nahin
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.255kg
ISBN:  

9780691158211


ISBN 10:   0691158215
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 March 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English

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The problems are accessible but still realistic enough to be engaging, and the solutions in the back of the book will get you through any sticky spots. Writing your own versions of a few of these programs will acquaint you with a useful approach to problem solving and a novel style of thinking. -- Brian Hayes American Scientist Digital Dice will appeal to recreational mathematicians who have even a limited knowledge of computer programming, and even nonprogrammers will find most of the problems entertaining to ponder. Games Magazine [An] enjoyable read, as [Nahin] writes clearly, with humour and is not afraid to include equations where necessary. Nahin spices the book throughout with factual and anecdotal snippets. Digital Dice will appeal to all who like recreational mathematics. -- Alan Stevens Mathematics Today [T]he book is targeted at teachers and students of probability theory or computer science, as well as aficionados of recreational mathematics, but anyone who is familiar with the basics of probability and is capable of writing simple computer programs will have no problem working their way through this interesting and rewarding book. Physics World After the appearance of the author's earlier book on probability problems, [Duelling Idiots And Other Probability Puzzlers], one has high expectations for this book, and one is not disappointed... The book will certainly have great appeal to all three of the targeted audiences. -- G A. Hewer Mathematical Reviews This well-written entertaining collection of twenty-one probability problems presents their origin and history as well as their computer solutions... These problems could be used in a computer programming course or a probability course that includes Monte Carlo simulations. -- Thomas Sonnabend Mathematics Teacher All of the books by Nahin and Havil are worth having, including others not listed here. I particularly recommend Digital Dice for the task of teaching undergraduates in mathematics the fundamentals of computation and simulation. -- James M. Cargal The UMAP Journal


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"Paul J. Nahin is the author of many best-selling popular-math books, including ""Chases and Escapes"", ""Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula"", ""When Least is Best"", ""Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers"", and ""An Imaginary Tale"" (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire."

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