The Resource The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day, David J. Hand
The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day, David J. Hand
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The item The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day, David J. Hand represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "In [this book] ... Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal.... All we need, Hand argues, is a firm grounding in a powerful set of laws: the laws of inevitability, of truly large numbers, of selection, of the probability lever, and of near enough."--Front flap of jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 269 pages
- Contents
-
- The mystery
- A capricious universe
- What is chance?
- The law of inevitability
- The law of truly large numbers
- The law of selection
- The law of the probability lever
- The law of near enough
- The human mind
- Life, the universe, and everything
- How to use the improbability principle
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Mind-numbingly large and mind-bogglingly small
- Appendix B: Rules of chance
- Isbn
- 9780374175344
- Label
- The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day
- Title
- The improbability principle
- Title remainder
- why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day
- Statement of responsibility
- David J. Hand
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In [this book] ... Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal.... All we need, Hand argues, is a firm grounding in a powerful set of laws: the laws of inevitability, of truly large numbers, of selection, of the probability lever, and of near enough."--Front flap of jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hand, D. J.
- Dewey number
- 519.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA273
- LC item number
- .H3545 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Probabilities
- Coincidence
- Statistics
- Label
- The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day, David J. Hand
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The mystery -- A capricious universe -- What is chance? -- The law of inevitability -- The law of truly large numbers -- The law of selection -- The law of the probability lever -- The law of near enough -- The human mind -- Life, the universe, and everything -- How to use the improbability principle -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Mind-numbingly large and mind-bogglingly small -- Appendix B: Rules of chance
- Control code
- ocn846545827
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374175344
- Lccn
- 2013034007
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)846545827
- Label
- The improbability principle : why coincidences, miracles, and rare events happen every day, David J. Hand
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-256) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The mystery -- A capricious universe -- What is chance? -- The law of inevitability -- The law of truly large numbers -- The law of selection -- The law of the probability lever -- The law of near enough -- The human mind -- Life, the universe, and everything -- How to use the improbability principle -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Mind-numbingly large and mind-bogglingly small -- Appendix B: Rules of chance
- Control code
- ocn846545827
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374175344
- Lccn
- 2013034007
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)846545827
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