PROBABILITY & STATISTICS: How Mathematics Can Predict the Future

Shows how we can use the power of math to make sense of the world and predict what might happen next. Begins with three famous names in math: Blaise Pascal, Girolamo Cardano, and Pierre de Fermat who asked a simple question--"What are the chances of that?" This set them on course to create probability theory. Another question: "What does it all mean"--leading to statistics. Well illustrated some in color.