Lady Luck The Theory of ProbabilityPDF电子书下载

Foreword 13

1 Thoughts about Thinking 15

2 The Birth of Lady Luck 30

3 The Concept of Mathematical Probability 37

4 The Counting of Cases 59

5 Some Basic Probability Rules 74

6 Some Problems 83

7 Mathematical Expectation 110

8 The Law of Averages 131

9 Variability and Chebychev＇s Theorem 138

10 Binomial Experiments 150

11 The Law of Large Numbers 167

12 Distribution Functions and Probabilities 179

13 Rare Events，Coincidences，and Surprising Occurrences 211

14 Probability and Statistics 230

15 Probability and Gambling 245

16 Lady Luck Becomes a Lady 264

Answers 286

Index 287