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Author: Larry Rabinowitz
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: CRC Press
Weight: 0.317kg
ISBN: 9780367393625
ISBN 10: 036739362
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 07 October 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""" """"The chosen approach is practical and entertaining. The book is a useful tool for teachers and for anybody interested in basic ideas and applications of classical probability theory."""" -EMS Newsletter, June 2005 """"This book would be excellent for a minicourse at a higher level of high school as well as a semester course at the college level."""" -Larry White, NCTM, October 2005 """"This book was surprisingly refreshing and did a great job using real situations to motivate techniques for calculating discrete probabilities. . ."""" -Technometrics, August 2006 """"This is a very elementary book on probability which has the merits of clear exposition and ... a host of interesting applications, not just the balls-in-urns variety, but to machine reliability, juries, cryptography, birth control, airline management, and sport."""" -D.V. Lindley, The Mathematical Gazette, November 2006 """"This book is one of the most elementary introductions to probability available."""" -Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, March 2008 The writing style is quite pleasant, and many interesting examples are given. These applications are, in my opinion, the most interesting part of the book, and include the usual examples from card and other games, but also examples like the frequency of letters in English or detection of drug users. -R. Van Der Hofstad, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, March 2008"""
The chosen approach is practical and entertaining. The book is a useful tool for teachers and for anybody interested in basic ideas and applications of classical probability theory. -EMS Newsletter, June 2005 This book would be excellent for a minicourse at a higher level of high school as well as a semester course at the college level. -Larry White, NCTM, October 2005 This book was surprisingly refreshing and did a great job using real situations to motivate techniques for calculating discrete probabilities. . . -Technometrics, August 2006 This is a very elementary book on probability which has the merits of clear exposition and ... a host of interesting applications, not just the balls-in-urns variety, but to machine reliability, juries, cryptography, birth control, airline management, and sport. -D.V. Lindley, The Mathematical Gazette, November 2006 This book is one of the most elementary introductions to probability available. -Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, March 2008 The writing style is quite pleasant, and many interesting examples are given. These applications are, in my opinion, the most interesting part of the book, and include the usual examples from card and other games, but also examples like the frequency of letters in English or detection of drug users. -R. Van Der Hofstad, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, March 2008
Author Information
Larry Rabinowitz has taught mathematics and probability in the mathematics department at The College of William and Mary for thirty years. This book is the result of his extensive teaching experience.
