Weaver W. Lady Luck. The Theory of Probability 1977

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From Craps to Probability Curves, Montmort’s Problem to the St Petersburg Paradox, this book traces the "highways and byways of Dame Fortune in all her aspects. Never was Lady Luck so well portrayed - her curves, her vital statistics, her chances and your chances. Warren Weaver gives a practical and readable account of the probability theory and the statistics of chance and shows that fortune, luck, chance or probability, whatever you call it, need not be coy or elusive, for reason, logic and the mathematical laws of chance can reduce the odds. The historical background is thoroughly described with a skill that is at once humorous and informative.
If you are interested - or hooked on the elements of chance - whether as businessman, economist, gambler or simply a games-player, then you will enjoy and benefit from the many and varied chance-encounters in this book