Publisher's Note In a followup to his Fermat's Last Theorem, the author shows readers how to maximize or minimize chance, depending on the circumstance, analyzing luck from a statistitian's perspective.
Industry Reviews "[A]n edifying and amusing guide to the basic elements of probability theory, a handbook for describing phenomena like why good things come in threes....And despite all the mathematical formulas interspersed throughout, Aczel...explains all this clearly." New York Times Book Review - Elissa Schappell (11/07/2004)