4 Figuring the Odds

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. 1 Chance Encounters 1
5. 2 Why Resort to Chance? 11
6. 3 When the Gods Played Dice 28
7. 4 Figuring the Odds 46
8. 5 Mind Games for Gamblers 64
9. 6 Chance or Necessity? 83
10. 7 Order in Apparent Chaos 109
11. 8 Wanted: Random Numbers 132
12. 9 Randomness as Uncertainty 152
13. 10 Paradoxes in Probability 174
14. Notes 191
15. Bibliography 209
16. Index 233