Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty

Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Uncertainty is everywhere. It lurks in every consideration of the future - the weather, the economy, the sex of an unborn child - even quantities we think that we know such as populations or the transit of the planets contain the possibility of error. It's no wonder that, throughout that history, we have attempted to produce rigidly defined areas of uncertainty - we prefer the surprise party to...Read more