Tails You Win: The Science of Chance (2012)

University of Cambridge mathematician, public risk, biostatistician, etc., Professor David Spiegholt [David Spiegelhalter] explains what opportunity is and its role in the real world. The science of opportunity is an important branch of mathematics, which combines wit and wisdom, animated models, graphical presentations, the mysteries of probability, and so on, allowing us to deal with things that may happen in the future. How can you live to the maximum of 100 years old? Why do so many of us encounter so many weird coincidences? Should I bring an umbrella? These are just problems encountered in daily life.