Author: M.D. Srinivas
Publisher: Sangam Books Ltd
Keywords: probabilities, quantum, measurements
Number of Pages: 283
Published: 2001-07-11
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8173713707
ISBN-13: 9788173713705

Author: Marquis de Laplace
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: probabilities, essay, philosophical
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1996-01-18
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0486288757
ISBN-13: 9780486288758

Scientific classic introduces lay readers to the concepts and uses of probability theory, demonstrating, without the use of higher mathematics, the application of probability to games of chance, physics, reliability of witnesses, astronomy, insurance, democratic government and many other areas. Also demonstrates how a great scientist could express many complex ideas in simple terms.

Author: Frederick Schauer
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Keywords: stereotypes, probabilities, profiles
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2006-04-30
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0674021185
ISBN-13: 9780674021181

This book employs a careful, rigorous, yet lively approach to the timely question of whether we can justly generalize about members of a group on the basis of statistical tendencies of that group. For instance, should a military academy exclude women because, on average, women are more sensitive to hazing than men? Should airlines force all pilots to retire at age sixty, even though most pilots at that age have excellent vision? Can all pit bulls be banned because of the aggressive characteristics of the breed? And, most controversially, should government and law enforcement use racial and e

Author: Frederick Schauer
Publisher: Belknap Press
Keywords: stereotypes, probabilities, profiles
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2003-11-26
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0674011864
ISBN-13: 9780674011861

This book employs a careful, rigorous, yet lively approach to the timely question of whether we can justly generalize about members of a group on the basis of statistical tendencies of that group. For instance, should a military academy exclude women because, on average, women are more sensitive to hazing than men? Should airlines force all pilots to retire at age sixty, even though most pilots at that age have excellent vision? Can all pit bulls be banned because of the aggressive characteristics of the breed? And, most controversially, should government and law enforcement use racial and e

Author: Michel Simonnet
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: universitext, probabilities, measures
Number of Pages: 510
Published: 1996-06-06
List price: $74.95
ISBN-10: 0387946446
ISBN-13: 9780387946443

This book is intended to be an introductory, yet sophisticated, treatment of measure theory. It should provide an in-depth reference for the practicing mathematician. It is hoped that advanced students as well as instructors will find it useful. The first part of the book should prove useful to both analysts and probabilists. One may treat the second and third parts as an introduction to the theory of probability, or use the fourth part as an introduction to analysis.The treatment is for the most part self-contained. Other than familiarity with general topology, some functional analysis and a

Author: Claude Dellacherie
Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
Keywords: studies, mathematics, potential, probabilities
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 1979-01
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 072040701X
ISBN-13: 9780720407013

Author: Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
Publisher: Joseph Henry Pre
Keywords: probabilities, world, curious, lightning, struck
Number of Pages: 270
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0309097347
ISBN-13: 9780309097345

READ THIS BOOK: Win the Lottery? From terrorist attacks to big money jackpots, Struck by Lightning deconstructs the odds and oddities of chance, examining both the relevant and irreverent role of randomness in our everyday lives. Human beings have long been both fascinated and appalled by randomness. On the one hand, we love the thrill of a surprise party, the unpredictability of a budding romance, or the freedom of not knowing what tomorrow will bring. We are inexplicably delighted by strange coincidences and striking similarities. But we also hate uncertainty’s dark side. From cancer to SAR