Kucni o drvo: sreća, slučajnost, vjerojatnost i njihov smisao
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- Author: Rosenthal Jeffrey S.
- Publisher: Profil
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Kucni o drvo: sreća, slučajnost, vjerojatnost i njihov smisao
Rosenthal Jeffrey S.
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Jeffrey S. Rosenthal: Knock on Wood: Luck, Chance, Probability and Their Meaning
When we buy a lottery ticket, gamble in a casino, or roll a die in a board game, is chance predetermined or is it subject to our influence? Is there anything we can do to improve our odds?
Jesu li neke osobe same po sebi sretnije od drugih?
Kada se sportski navijači suoče s razočaranjem zbog izgubljene utakmice ljubljene ekipe, zašto su taj poraz smjesta spremni praznovjerno pripisati nekoj kletvi?
Does their belief fulfill a need?
When terrible tragedies like atomic explosions, hurricanes and tsunamis kill thousands of people, is there a "reason" for it?
Do the victims fulfill their "destiny"?
Or is it just a stupid, horrible and gratuitous accident that causes suffering?
How should I react if I find out that I was born on Friday the thirteenth?
Does this fact condemn me to a failed life and dissatisfaction?
Did my modest success show that I "broke" the curse? Or was it never there?
This book answers those questions.
Jeffrey S. Rosenthal is a professor of statistics at the University of Toronto.
He was born in Scarborough, in Ontario, Canada.
He graduated in mathematics, physics and computer science from the University of Toronto at the age of 20.
He received his doctorate in mathematics at Harvard at the age of 24.
He became a full-time professor at the age of 29.
He received the CRM-SSC award in 2006, the SSC Gold Medal in 2013, was admitted to the Royal Society of Canada and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and in 2007 he received the President's Award of COPSS, the most prestigious honor of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.
Both at Harvard and in Toronto, he received awards for his professorship.
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- Author: Rosenthal Jeffrey S.
- Publisher: Profil
- Year of publication:2020
- Place of publication:Zagreb
- Pages:303
- Dimensions:15.5x23.5 cm
- Script:Latin script
- Condition:Excellent
- Binding:Softcover
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