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Games, Gambling, and Probability
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Games, Gambling, and Probability

An Introduction to Mathematics
BookHardcover
Ranking16667inMathematik
CHF129.00

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The goal for this textbook is to complement the inquiry-based learning movement. According to the author, concepts and ideas will stick with the reader more when they are motivated in an interesting way. Topics are presented mathematically as questions about the games themselves are posed.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-367-82043-5
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
Publishing date23/06/2021
Edition2. A.
SeriesTextbooks in Mathematics
Pages516 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 156 mm, Height 234 mm
Weight884 g
IllustrationsFarb., s/w. Abb.
Article no.43388423
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.35478715
Product groupMathematik
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Dr. David G. Taylor is a professor of mathematics and an associate dean for academic affairs at Roanoke College in southwest Virginia. He attended Lebanon Valley College for his B.S. in computer science and mathematics and went to the University of Virginia for his Ph.D. While his graduate school focus was on studying infinite dimensional Lie algebras, he started studying the mathematics of various games in order to have a more undergraduate-friendly research agenda. Work done with two Roanoke College students, Heather Cook and Jonathan Marino, appears in this book! Currently he owns over 100 different board games and enjoys using probability in his decision-making while playing most of those games. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, cooking, coding, playing his board games, and spending time with his six-year-old dog Lilly.