出版社: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
副标题: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
出版年: 2014-2-11
页数: 288
定价: USD 27.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780374175344
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? Here, in this highly original book - aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified exp...
Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly and why should we, in fact, expect such things to happen? Here, in this highly original book - aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences, probability or gambling - eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified explanation, which he calls the improbability principle.
This is a book that will appeal not only to those who love stories about startling coincidences and extraordinarily rare events, but also to those who are interested in how a single bold idea links areas as diverse as gambling, the weather, airline disasters and creative writing as well as the origin of life and even the universe. The Improbability Principle will change your perspective on how the world works – and tell you what the Bible code and Shakespeare have in common, how to win the lottery, why Apple's song shuffling was made less random to seem more random. Oh and why lightning does in fact strike twice...
作者简介 · · · · · ·
David J. Hand is Senior Research Investigator and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College, London, and Chief Scientific Advisor to Winton Capital Management. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and a recipient of the Guy Medal of the Royal Statistical Society. He has served (twice) as President of the Royal Statistical Society, and is on the Board of the UK Sta...
David J. Hand is Senior Research Investigator and Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College, London, and Chief Scientific Advisor to Winton Capital Management. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and a recipient of the Guy Medal of the Royal Statistical Society. He has served (twice) as President of the Royal Statistical Society, and is on the Board of the UK Statistics Authority. He has published 300 scientific papers and 25 books: his next book, The Improbability Principle, is due out in February 2014. He has broad research interests in areas including classification, data mining, anomaly detection, and the foundations of statistics. His applications interests include psychology, physics, and the retail credit industry - he and his research group won the 2012 Credit Collections and Risk Award for Contributions to the Credit Industry. He was made OBE for services to research and innovation in 2013.
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还行吧,国外人写书的老毛病了,几十页纸能说清楚的,非要写300多页 全书的内容跟股票没啥关系,通篇都是统计学名词解释,准确的说应该是结合了案例的名词解释,大家不了解统计学的可以好好看看哈,你们都是爱学习的人!! 另外吐槽一下出版社标题党啊,骗人的出版社,无良的小... (展开)连续两次开出一样的六合彩大奖号码,可能么?
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2009年9月6号,保加利亚福利六合彩开出来的中奖号码为:4,15,23,24,35,42。如同任何国家的任何一次福利彩票,这个开奖结果让人觉得稀松平常。 一个星期后的9月10日,保加利亚福利六合彩再度开奖,开出的中奖号码和一周前的一摸一样,还是:4,15,23,24,35,42。 这个结果让人震惊... (展开)> 更多书评 6篇
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0 有用 叮当想旅行 2017-03-11 23:48:52
4.5星,在概率与统计的框架下,讲述小概率事件发生背后的原理。倒数第二章还顺带简述了宇宙学中人择原理(anthropic principle)、自然力以及宇宙常量。对思维训练挺有益的一本书。
0 有用 Elf 2015-01-11 22:32:21
应该写得再深入一点。。。
0 有用 алба колосова 2020-12-06 10:00:18
I’d rather say it’s a book against superstitions using mathematical logic.
0 有用 алба колосова 2020-12-06 10:00:18
I’d rather say it’s a book against superstitions using mathematical logic.
0 有用 叮当想旅行 2017-03-11 23:48:52
4.5星,在概率与统计的框架下,讲述小概率事件发生背后的原理。倒数第二章还顺带简述了宇宙学中人择原理(anthropic principle)、自然力以及宇宙常量。对思维训练挺有益的一本书。
0 有用 Elf 2015-01-11 22:32:21
应该写得再深入一点。。。