Linda Francis Lee
Before turning her hand to writing, Linda Francis Lee taught probability and statistics. She currently lives with her husband, Michael, in New York City, where she is at work on her next historical romance. Kate Bloom's ordered world is turned ... [... more]
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The Concept of Probability in Statistical Physics
 very good: I am a mathematician working in physical mathematics. I read this book twice and enjoyed it very much. I only wished it was 400 pgs rather than 200. the book is very informative, pinning down the real questions and offering nice discussions of [... more]
CDN$49.95
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the author of Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan. He has devoted his life to immersing himself in problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge. Part literary essayist, part empiricist, part researcher, ... [... more]
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Problems in Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics ...
Challenging probability and statistics problems: Sveshnikov gives a very brief introduction to each topic, with definitions and formulae presented without proofs, followed by a couple of worked examples, and a couple pages of problems. Answers to all [... more]
CDN$26.50
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Real Analysis and Probability
one of the best: This is one of the best textbooks on real analysis and probability (at the graduate level). You will need a solid undergraduate course in analysis before being able to read this one. In any case, the exposition is quite elegant and clear. [... more]
CDN$197.95
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Introduction to Probability
This is a great book with real life examples.: I've never seen a probability book with such good examples. Most books on probability give you all of the equations, but they don't really tell you how to apply them to real situations. This book has nothing [... more]
CDN$12.95
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Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers ...
Ross may allow non-techies to dig deeper: When I first took Statistics at the college level I received an Incomplete. When I cleared my incomplete, I received a D. I later transferred to a less rigorous major at a less rigorous school. The books required [... more]
CDN$104.13
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Probability Essentials
All background needed for Ito calculus is here: This is an excellent and timely textbook on probability and martingale theory. There is an increasing need of thorough but concise treatise of probability theory for researchers and graduate students in [... more]
CDN$55.19
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The Probability Broach
Portrait of the Libertarian Ideal: Oh, the story is silly and the writing is just OK, but the portrait painted of the Libertarian ideal is pretty well done. One can read this book and almost imagine living in a world where there are *really* no laws, [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Introduction to Probability Models
This book is great but required background: Some readers found this book hard to read. This is due to the misleading title, i.e., the word 'introduction'. This book will be great only if the readers have basic concepts of probability. It is suggested to [... more]
CDN$92.95
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Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the
Too Wordy, Too Expensive: This is a pretty unhelpful textbook. Here is part of a typical problem from this book (pg. 83): "Construct a normal probability plot for the following sample of observations on coating thickness of low-viscosity paint (& [... more]
CDN$184.36
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A First Look at Rigorous Probability Theory
Excellent primer to use as supplement or for review: This is a marvelous primer on measure-theoretic probability. I came across it a couple of years after taking a course based on Chung's famous text ("A Course in Prob. Theory") and found it to [... more]
CDN$24.95
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