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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, And Rare Events  Happen
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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, And Rare Events Happen Every Day Hardcover - 2014

by Hand, David J

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New York: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2014. First Printing. Hardcover. 0374175349 . Light wear to cover .
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  • Title The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, And Rare Events Happen Every Day
  • Author Hand, David J
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
  • Pages 269
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 316158
  • ISBN 9780374175344 / 0374175349
  • Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.45 x 0.94 in (23.39 x 16.38 x 2.39 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Probabilities, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Statistics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013034007
  • Dewey Decimal Code 519.2

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David J. Hand is an emeritus professor of mathematics and a senior research investigator at Imperial College London. He is the former president of the Royal Statistical Society and the chief scientific adviser to Winton Capital Management, one of Europe's most successful algorithmic-trading hedge funds. He is the author of seven books, including The Information Generation: How Data Rules Our World and Statistics: A Very Short Introduction, and has published more than three hundred scientific papers. Hand lives in London, England.