The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day

by David J. Hand

Book Overview

In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month.
But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His definition of "miracle" is thoroughly rational. No mystical or supernatural explanation is necessary to understand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374535000
• ISBN13: 9780374535001
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Scientific American
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"