Taking Chances

Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyzes a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role including football pools the Lottery TV games sport cards roulette coins and dice. The book guides the reader round common pitfalls demonstrates how to make better informed decisions and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favor. This new edition has been fully updated and includes information on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and The Weakest Link plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.