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Fate Of Schrodinger's Cat, The: Using Math And Computers To Explore The Counterintuitive

Af: James D Stein Engelsk Hardback

Fate Of Schrodinger's Cat, The: Using Math And Computers To Explore The Counterintuitive

Af: James D Stein Engelsk Hardback
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Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time — or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50-50 guesses.But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results — and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples. It is possible to devise experiments in which a flipped coin lands heads completely at random half the time, but we can also correctly predict when it will land heads more than half the time. The Fate of Schrodinger''s Cat shows how high-school algebra and basic probability theory, with the invaluable assistance of computer simulations, can be used to investigate both the intuitive and the counterintuitive.This book explores fascinating and controversial questions involving prediction, decision-making, and statistical analysis in a number of diverse areas, ranging from whether there is such a thing as a ''hot hand'' in shooting a basketball, to how we can successfully predict, more than half the time, the decay of the radioactive atom that determines the fate of Schrodinger''s Cat.
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Can we correctly predict the flip of a fair coin more than half the time — or the decay of a single radioactive atom? Our intuition, based on a lifetime of experience, tells us that we cannot, as these are classic examples of what are known to be 50-50 guesses.But mathematics is filled with counterintuitive results — and this book discusses some surprising and entertaining examples. It is possible to devise experiments in which a flipped coin lands heads completely at random half the time, but we can also correctly predict when it will land heads more than half the time. The Fate of Schrodinger''s Cat shows how high-school algebra and basic probability theory, with the invaluable assistance of computer simulations, can be used to investigate both the intuitive and the counterintuitive.This book explores fascinating and controversial questions involving prediction, decision-making, and statistical analysis in a number of diverse areas, ranging from whether there is such a thing as a ''hot hand'' in shooting a basketball, to how we can successfully predict, more than half the time, the decay of the radioactive atom that determines the fate of Schrodinger''s Cat.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 172
ISBN-13: 9789811218637
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 9811218633
Kategori: Forside
Udg. Dato: 27 jul 2020
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Forlag: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Oplagsdato: 27 jul 2020
Forfatter(e): James D Stein
Forfatter(e) James D Stein

Kategori Forside

ISBN-13 9789811218637

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 172

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Udg. Dato 27 jul 2020

Oplagsdato 27 jul 2020

Forlag World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd