Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty

Author: Ian Stewart (University of Warwick) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in our favor. Life is full of uncertainty --- indeed, scientific advances...Read more