Struck by Lightning : The Curious World of Probabilities

Surrounded by Randomness: Probabilities Everywhere 1(6) What Are the Odds of That? Coincidence and Surprise 7(16) Laying Down the Law: Why Casinos Always Win 23(21) Dealing the Cards: Bridge, Poker, and Blackjack 44(19) Murder Most Foul: Measuring Trends 63(15) Utility Functions: How to Make Decisions 78(18) White Lab Coats: What Studies Do and Don't Show 96(21) Ain't Gonna Happen: Very Low Probabilities 117(16) Interlude: The Case of the Collapsing Casino 133(12) Fifty-one Percent to Forty-nine Percent: The True Meaning of Polls 145(18) Nineteen Times Out of Twenty: Margins of Error 163(13) Randomness to the Rescue: When Uncertainty Is Your Friend 176(17) Evolution, Genes, and Viruses: Randomness in Biology 193(13) That Wily Monty Hall: Finding Probabilities from Clues 206(14) Spam, Spam, Probability, and Spam: Blocking Unwanted E-mail 220(14) Ignorance, Chaos, and Quantum Mechanics: Causes of Randomness 234(13) Final Exam: Do You Have Probability Perspective? 247(8) Acknowledgments 255(2) About the Author 257(2) Index 259