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"An eye-opening and engrossing look at rare moments, why they occur, and how they shape our world"-- A statistician presents his theory that extraordinary and rare events are actually commonplace and cites stories of two-time lottery winners and other bizarre coincidences to support his theory that unlikely events statistically must happen.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2014Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 269 pages · 9780374175344
ProbabilitiesBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / StatisticsCoincidenceStatisticsPopular worksMathematics, popular works