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Title: Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions by Frederick Mosteller ISBN: 0-486-65355-2 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 May, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Worth its' weight in a very precious metal
Comment: This collection of fifty-six classic problems in probability is a first-rate work. All of the solutions are well written and easily followed. The reasoning is general enough to allow you to go on and solve related problems. Examples are birthday matching, trials until success, cooperation, gambler's ruin, and Buffon's needle.
If you have a soft spot for problems in probability, this book is an inexpensive must.
Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.
Rating: 5
Summary: useful, effective fun
Comment: Working through the colorful problems in this book is a great way to (re)learn and apply basic probability principles. There is a great deal of independence between problem so you are never quite sure how tough or easy the next one will be. On the other hand, several of the problems are clearly follow-ons that allow the exploration or expansion of some of the more interesting issues.
Though I've worked through the problems a couple of times, I bought a replacement copy when my original was "permanently borrowed" from my desk at work.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Distraction
Comment: Even if you are not a big probability fan, you are more than likely to find something enjoyable in this book. Some of the problems are wasy, some are hard, and some are just strange, but it makes for a very entertaining diversion for the mathematically inclined.
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Title: Challenging Mathematical Problems With Elementary Solutions, Vol. 1 by A. M. Yaglom, I. M. Yaglom ISBN: 0486655369 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Challenging Problems in Algebra by Alfred S. Posamentier, Charles T. Salkind ISBN: 0486691489 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 21 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Introduction to Probability by John E. Freund ISBN: 0486675491 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 19 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Famous Problems of Geometry and How to Solve Them by Benjamin Bold ISBN: 0486242978 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 March, 1982 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Challenging Problems in Geometry by Alfred S. Posamentier, Charles T. Salkind ISBN: 0486691543 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 21 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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