Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers (Princeton University Press)

What are your chances of dying on your next flight, being called for jury duty, or winning the lottery? In this collection of twenty-one puzzles, Paul Nahin challenges us to think creatively about the laws of probability as they apply in playful, sometimes deceptive, ways to a fascinating array of speculative situations. Written in an informal way and containing a plethora of interesting historical material, Duelling Idiots is ideal for those who are fascinated aby mathematics and the role it plays in everyday life and in our imaginations.