{"product_id":"will-you-be-alive-10-years-from-now-and-numerous-other-curious-questions-in-probability-9780691196367","title":"Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now?: And Numerous Other Curious Questions in Probability","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of stimulating probability puzzles from bestselling math writer Paul Nahin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book. Nahin brings probability to life with colorful historical anecdotes and a unique puzzle-solving approach that illustrates many of the techniques mathematicians use to grapple with probability. He looks at classic puzzles--from Galileo's dice-tossing problem to a disarming dice puzzle that would have astonished even Newton--and presents a dozen challenge problems and twenty-five probability puzzlers. With wit and insight, Nahin demonstrates why seemingly simple probability problems can stump even the experts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul J. Nahin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many popular math books, including \u003ci\u003eHow to Fall Slower Than Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e In Praise of Simple Physics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAn Imaginary Tale\u003c\/i\u003e (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50327269540114,"sku":"9780691196367","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d33ee55e-aef9-429d-80f5-8bab28123368.jpg?v=1727712095","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/will-you-be-alive-10-years-from-now-and-numerous-other-curious-questions-in-probability-9780691196367","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}