TY  - BOOK
AU  - Haigh,John
TI  - Probability: a very short introduction 
T2  - Very short introductions
SN  - 9780199588480
AV  - R AC 5 V573
U1  - 081 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Probabilities
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index; 1. Fundamentals --  2. The workings of probability --  3. Historical sketch --  4. Chance experiments --  5. Making sense of probabilities --  6. Games people play --  7. Applications in science, medicine, and operations research --  8. Other applications --  9. Curiosities and dilemmas
N2  - Introduces the ideas of probability--and the different philosophical approaches to probability--and gives a brief account of the history of development of probability theory, from Galileo and Pascal to Bayes, Laplace, Poisson, and Markov. He describes the basic probability distributions and discusses a wide range of applications in science, economics, and a variety of other contexts such as games and betting. He concludes with an intriguing discussion of coincidences and some curious paradoxes
ER  -