What the luck? : the surprising role of chance in our everyday lives /: the surprising role of chance in our everyday lives. (2016)
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- Book
- Title:
- What the luck? : the surprising role of chance in our everyday lives /: the surprising role of chance in our everyday lives. (2016)
- Main Title:
- What the luck? : the surprising role of chance in our everyday lives
- Further Information:
- Note: Gary Smith.
- Authors:
- Smith, Gary, 1945-
- Contents:
- I: Overreaction. The law of small numbers -- II: Inherited traits. The father of regression ; Choose your parents carefully -- III: Education. Testing 1, 2, 3 ; The beatings will continue until morale improves ; Money for nothing ; Learning and unlearning -- IV: Games of chance. Hopes and excuses -- V: Sports. Champions choke ; Jinxes, slumps, and superstitions ; Being smart about it -- VI: Health: Take two aspirin ; The tin standard -- VII: Business. The triumph of mediocrity ; From bad to better and great to good ; Draft picks, CEOs, and soul mates -- VIII: Forecasting. A better crystal ball -- IX: Investing. $100 bills on the sidewalk -- X: Conclusion. Living with regression.
- Publisher Details:
- New York, NY : The Overlook Press
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 519.2
Probabilities
Chance
Fortune
MATHEMATICS / Applied
MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General
Chance
Fortune
Probabilities
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781468313918
1468313916
0715651625
9780715651629 - Related ISBNs:
- 1468313754
0715651617
1468315536
9781468313758 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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