Classic problems of probability

"A great book, one that I will certainly add to my personal library." & mdash; Paul J. Nahin, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire Classic Problems of Probability presents a lively account of the most intriguing aspects of statistics. The book features a large collection of more than thirty classic probability problems which have been carefully selected for their interesting history, the way they have shaped the field, and their counterintuitive nature. From Cardano's 1564 Games of Chance to Jacob Bernoulli's 1713 Golden Theorem to Parrondo's 1996 Perplexin.

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Cardano and games of chance (1564) -- Galileo and a discovery concerning dice (1620) -- The Chevalier de Méré problem I : the problem of dice (1654) -- The Chevalier de Méré II : the problem of points (1654) -- Huygens and the gambler's ruin (1657) -- The Pepys-Newton connection (1693) -- Recontres with Montmort (1708) -- Jacob Bernoulli and his golden theorem (1713) -- De Moivre's problem (1730) -- De Moivre, Gauss, and the normal curve (1730, 1809) -- Daniel Bernoulli and the St. Petersburg problem (1738) -- D'Alembert and the "Croix ou Pile" article (1754) -- D'Alembert and the gambler's fallacy (1761) -- Bayes, Laplace, and philosophies of probability (1764, 1774) -- Leibniz's error (1768) -- The Buffon needle problem (1777) -- Bertrand's ballot problem (1887) -- Bertrand's strange three boxes (1889) -- Bertrand's chords (1889) -- Three coins and a puzzle from Galton (1894) -- Lewis Carroll's pillow problem no. 72 (1894) -- Borel and a different kind of normality (1909) -- Borel's paradox and Kolmogorov's axioms (1909, 1933) -- Of Borel, monkeys, and the new creationism (1913) -- Kraitchik's neckties and Newcomb's problem (1930, 1960) -- Fisher and the lady tasting tea (1935) …