Chance: the science and secrets of luck, randomness and probability 9781473642652, 1473642655

The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life [1 ed.] 9780521331159

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Quantum Probability & Randomness 978-3038977148

The last few years have been characterized by a tremendous development of quantum information and probability and their

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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life

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Darwin's Luck : Chance and Fortune in the Life and Work of Charles Darwin 9781441181695, 9781847251503

One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by bad luck. His mother died when he was seven; he w

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The accidental scientist: the role of chance and luck in scientific discovery 9781782430155, 9781782430995, 9781782431008, 1782430997

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Introduction; Botox; DNA Fingerprinting; Cellulose; Synthe

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Evolution and the Machinery of Chance: Philosophy, Probability, and Scientific Practice in Biology 9780226826615, 9780226826639, 9780226826622

An innovative view of the role of fitness concepts in evolutionary theory. Natural selection is one of the factors respo

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Probability and Statistics for Everyman: How to Understand and Use the Laws of Chance

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Luck: A Personal Account of Fortune, Chance and Risk in Thirteen Investigations 9780008245207, 9780008245177, 0008245207

A fascinating, enchanting and painfully personal look at the meaning of luck, and the way in which it has shaped our sha

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Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture 9780691214610

By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head,

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The Phantom of Chance: From Fortune to Randomness in Seventeenth-Century French Literature 9780748645169

How the classical and medieval conceptions of Fortune shifted to the modern notion of chance Is chance nothing more tha

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