AcollectionofstimulatingprobabilitypuzzlesfrombestsellingmathwriterPaulNahinWhatarethechancesofagame-showcontestantfindingachickeninabox?IstheHanukkahdreidelafairgame?Willyoubealivetenyearsfromnow?Thesearesomeoftheone-of-a-kindprobabilitypuzzlesthatpopularmathwriterPaulNahinoffersinthislivelyandinformativebook.Nahinbringsprobabilitytolifewithcolorfulhistoricalanecdotesandauniquepuzzle-solvingapproachthatillustratesmanyofthetechniquesmathematiciansusetograpplewithprobability.Helooksatclassicpuzzles--fromGalileo’sdice-tossingproblemtoadisarmingdicepuzzlethatwouldhaveastonishedevenNewton--andpresentsadozenchallengeproblemsandtwenty-fiveprobabilitypuzzlers.Withwitandinsight,Nahindemonstrateswhyseeminglysimpleprobabilityproblemscanstumpeventheexperts.
