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