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Struck by Lightning: the Curious World of Probabilities (Paperback)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Granta Books (3 Mar 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 186207996X
ISBN-13: 978-1862079960
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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3.0 out of 5 stars You'll probably like this, allowing for a 3.8% margin of error, 1 April 2008

By	Big Jim "Big Jim" (London, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

If you have read the book, "Why do buses come in threes" many of the statistical quirks identified in this book will be known to you. There are however a number of humerous anecdotes in this book that make it a worthy purchase, especially the story about the frog! Some way into the book the author gets bogged down a bit in electoral statistics, but his stuff on gambling is surprisingly readable and will certainly keep me out of casinos for the forseeable future.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Struck by Lightning, 9 Sep 2009

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If probability has been a mystery to you, read this book! It is entertaining and enlightening.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A bit too simplistic, 26 Jan 2009

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This book is probably OK for complete newcomers, but seems a bit lightweight if you were hoping for some new insight or research. What really spoils it though, is the embarrassing 'anecdotes'; silly little stories that illustrate a point about probability whereby the other characters are made to look stupid, while the author comes out of it as the 'winner' because he's so smart. Albeit smug, nerdy and very, very punchable :-)

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