Book review of: P. J. Nahin, Will you be alive 10 years from now? And numerous other curious questions in probability. A collection of not so well-known mathematical mind-benders (with solutions, with one exception)

DOI10.1007/S00283-014-9473-1MaRDI QIDQ483367zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrew Simoson

Publication date 17 December 2014

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-014-9473-1

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Monte Carlo methods (65C05) External book reviews (00A17) Methodology of mathematics (00A35) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to probability theory (60-01) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Recreational mathematics (00A08) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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