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Discover Probability: How To Use It, How To Avoid Misusing It, And How It Affects Every Aspect Of Your Life Arieh Ben-naim (The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel)

Discover Probability: How To Use It, How To Avoid Misusing It, And How It Affects Every Aspect Of Your Life By Arieh Ben-naim (The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel)

Discover Probability: How To Use It, How To Avoid Misusing It, And How It Affects Every Aspect Of Your Life by Arieh Ben-naim (The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel)


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This is a unique book which explains the concept of probability and its applications with almost no mathematics.

Discover Probability: How To Use It, How To Avoid Misusing It, And How It Affects Every Aspect Of Your Life Summary

Discover Probability: How To Use It, How To Avoid Misusing It, And How It Affects Every Aspect Of Your Life by Arieh Ben-naim (The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel)

This is a unique book which explains the concept of probability and its applications with almost no mathematics. As the title states, the reader will discover the concept of probability, learn how to use it, and be made aware of some misuses of, and sometimes even abuse of, probability. The reader will come to know that a basic knowledge of probability is useful in life.It is a novel, self-teaching book that is easy to read, oftentimes entertaining and full of useful information on both probability and information theory. The style is reader-friendly. It will appeal to anyone who is interested in the laws that govern our daily lives.The detailed examples in the book are taken from daily life which anyone can identify with. The last section introduces the Shannon measure of information and its relationship to probabilities.

Table of Contents

What is the Probability?; How Do We Calculate Probabilities?; The Axiomatic Approach to Probability; Independence and Dependence Between Events; Bayes' Theorem and Its Applications; Average, Variance and Random Variable; Probability Distributions; Shannon's Measure of Information;

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GOR013570114
9789814616324
981461632X
Discover Probability: How To Use It, How To Avoid Misusing It, And How It Affects Every Aspect Of Your Life by Arieh Ben-naim (The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
2014-12-30
340
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