03060nam a2200589 a 4500 vtls000079619 MTX 180612 001 0 eng d 9781400848379 9780691156804 201806121124 staff 201607151148 staff 201605041231 admin eng Ebook Nahin, Paul J... 116552 Will you be alive 10 years from now? [electronic resource] / Nahin, Paul J.. Princeton University Press, 2014. 250 p. Chapter, Lesson, Part 1. Breaking Sticks. Chapter, Lesson, Part 2. The Twins. Chapter, Lesson, Part 3. Steve's Elevator Problem. Chapter, Lesson, Part 4. Three Gambling Problems Newton Would 'Probably' Have Liked. Chapter, Lesson, Part 5. Big Quotients-Part 1. Chapter, Lesson, Part 6. Two Ways to Proofread. Chapter, Lesson, Part 7. Chain Letters That Never End. Chapter, Lesson, Part 8. Bingo Befuddlement. Chapter, Lesson, Part 9. Is Dreidel Fair?. Chapter, Lesson, Part 10. Hollywood Thrills. Chapter, Lesson, Part 11. The Problem of the n-Liars. Chapter, Lesson, Part 12. The Inconvenience of a Law. Chapter, Lesson, Part 13. A Puzzle for When the Super Bowl is a Blowout. Chapter, Lesson, Part 14. Darts and Ballistic Missiles. Chapter, Lesson, Part 15. Blood Testing. Chapter, Lesson, Part 16. Big Quotients-Part 2. Chapter, Lesson, Part 17. To Test or Not to Test?. Chapter, Lesson, Part 18. Average Distances on a Square. Chapter, Lesson, Part 19. When Will the Last One Fail?. Chapter, Lesson, Part 20. Who's Ahead?. Chapter, Lesson, Part 21. Plum Pudding. Chapter, Lesson, Part 22. Ping-Pong, Squash, and Difference Equations. Chapter, Lesson, Part 23. Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?. Chapter, Lesson, Part 24. Chickens in Boxes. Chapter, Lesson, Part 25. Newcomb's Paradox. Cover, Title,Will you be alive 10 years from now?--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Dedication--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Preface--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Introduction: Classic Puzzles from the Past--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Challenge Problems--References, Appendix, Index,Challenge Problem Solutions--References, Appendix, Index,Technical Note on MATLAB®'s Random Number Generator--References, Appendix, Index,Acknowledgments--References, Appendix, Index,Index. Mathematics 19720 Probability & Statistics 116434 General 18876 PDZ 100292 PBT 116520 http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0003604.html 10 76168 76168