Download or read book What Are the Odds written by Lindell Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Are The Odds written by William J. Vanarthos M. D. and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why gamble with your eternity? "What Are The Odds" is a concise book of apologetics that uses simple probability, logic and mathematics to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt Jesus' claims of being the Judeo-Christian Messiah and God in the flesh. Its compelling statistics and unique perspective leave the skeptic with little doubt and bolster the faith of believers. Based primarily on embedded codes and prophetic fulfillment, the evidence for Jesus' authenticity as Lord and Savior is staggering, leaving the reader with a clear choice to make regarding eternal salvation. Dr. Vanarthos also offers powerful personal testimony detailing his conversion experience, and a host of Scripture verses to support his message. A list of relevant supplemental reading material is provided in one of the appendices for deeper study.
Download or read book The Book of Odds written by Amram Shapiro and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the popular Book of Odds website, this stylish and accessible reference book offers a fascinating peek at the probabilities that govern every aspect of human life Did you know that your odds of dying from drowning are higher than the odds of meeting your mate on a blind date? That the odds a child has seen Internet porn are the same as the odds a person is right-handed? That nearly one in three adults believes in UFOs and nearly one in six has reported seeing one? Drawing from a rigorously researched trove of more than 400,000 statements of probability, based on the most accurate and current data available, The Book of Odds is a graphic reference source for stats on the everyday, the odd, and the outrageous—from sex and marriage, health and disease, beliefs and fears, to wealth, addiction, entertainment, and civic life. What emerges from this colorful and captivating volume is a rich portrait of who we are and how we live today.
Download or read book What Are the Odds written by Jefferson Hane Weaver and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We''re barraged with statistics every day about health risks, life expectancy, and the chances of success, but to most of us all these numbers and percentages mean very little. If you''re curious about how statistics can significantly impact your life but don''t want to wrestle with the equations in a dry-as-dust textbook, this lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek, whirlwind tour of entertaining statistics has everything you need.Not only will you be amused by J. H. Weaver''s many entertaining examples, but you''ll actually learn something about how statistics work. Even the most math phobic individual won''t be able to resist delving into the many provocative topics covered, including: Dating--What are the chances of finding your perfect mate?Health--What are the odds that you will have surgery performed this year?Success--What is the likelihood that this book will be a best-seller?Weaver admirably succeeds in proving that statistics can be fun, while showing that a knowledge of the probabilities for any given situation can help you avoid risks and increase your chances of a successful and enjoyable life
Download or read book What Are the Odds written by Carla Riemersma and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you frustrated by a lack of dates and meaningful relationships? Do you have more "alone time"than you want? Are you ready to find "The One"? Here is Your Guide to Successful Cyberdating In What Are the Odds? Dr.Carla G.Riemersma shares her own personal experiences and the results of her extensive research into Internet dating to show how you can improve your chances of finding the right someone online. Learn how to read a dating site profile to get the true meaning that is written between the lines. Know how to avoid the pitfalls and challenges of the dating landscape using Dr.Carla's comprehensive list of do's and don'ts. Discover how to conduct an ecourtship in a safe, sane, and satisfying manner. Dr.Carla explains these strategies and more, providing hard-hitting and practical guidelines that will address your frustrations and answer your questions about the intricacies of Internet dating. Whether you're just thinking about online dating but haven't taken the plunge, or if you've tried it with limited success, What Are the Odds? will improve your odds of finding your match Dr.Carla will change forever how you think about Internet dating Dr.Carla G.Riemersma, after a 20-year career in the medical field, is now a top-rated professor at a well-known university. She is chief executive officer of Optima Health Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in various health and related conditions. She has been interviewed on radio and TV, has been published in several magazines and on the Internet, and has hosted her own radio talk show, the "Ask Dr.Carla"program. She lives in Southwest Michigan with her "guard dog,"Max.
Download or read book What are the Odds written by Jacob Vos and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the Odds? follows William Larkin, a high school junior, through six months of his life. The book takes a fresh look at the high school experience, and we see the world through the eyes of a seventeen year old. We see will encounter some eye-opening revelations; as well as get into some of the stupidest things he has ever done in his life. Sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic, this work brings about a refreshingly honest take on chasing girls, writing term papers, waiting tables, and going into adulthood kicking and screaming.
Download or read book What Are the Odds written by Sebastian Simsa and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schlagzeugschule - Advanced Rhythmische Überlagerungen mit Stickings, Phrasen und Grooves. + weitere Koordination Übungen zum Thema inkl. Odd Meter Playalongs zum Downloaden
Download or read book What Are the Odds written by J. Le and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Are the Odds By: J. Le What is the difference between luck and fate? Is there really a connection between love and chance? And how do you determine the difference between some cosmic predetermination and just complete and utter randomness. For Jacob Diehl, figuring it out couldn’t have been further from what it all is—a gamble. Follow Jacob in his coming-of-age story as he discovers everything about life, love, and friendship in both slow motion and fast forward. Learn with him as he discovers that luck never actually gives, only lends.
Download or read book What Are the Odds written by David List and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-10-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debut novel from screenwriter and producer David List, What Are the Odds, is an entertaining, binge-worthy, and addictive crime thriller. Ray Dawson—a former NYPD detective unfairly forced into early retirement—never thought he would get another chance to be with his second wife, and love of his life, Stephanie. So, when she opens the door to the possibility, he spends his savings on an extravagant, romantic getaway at a resort in Costa Rica. But Ray is still as much a cop as he is a man, and when, in the hotel elevator, he has a chance encounter with Wilbur Bailey—a wily, neurotic, and environmentally conscious fugitive with a $5 million bounty on his head—things get complicated. IRS Special Agent Phil Dancourt is determined to bust Mika Salko, the corrupt CEO of Houston based Amco Oil, and believes Wilbur Bailey—an Amco analyst with a conscience—is the one guy on the inside who could help bring Salko down. But in a bizarre twist, Bailey embezzles millions and disappears, putting Phil’s job on the line. Now, after Wilbur is sighted in Costa Rica, Phil is sent to retrieve him. But from the moment he steps off the plane—and crosses paths with Ray and Wilbur—nothing goes as planned. The encounter propels the three men into a harrowing, death-defying, life-changing, and often hilarious journey, attracting unwanted attention from a heroin-addicted dishwasher, a powerful, corrupt CEO, bloodthirsty gangs and drug cartels, and pandering government watchdogs. Along the way, they come face to face, in unexpected ways, with life’s larger questions: friendship, love, loss, faith, and the commitment to values larger than oneself. What results is a trio of unlikely friends, and Ray can only hope that, once it’s all over, Stephanie will still be there.
Download or read book What Are the Chances written by Barbara Blatchley and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2023 William James Book Award, American Psychological Association Division 1 in General Psychology Most of us, no matter how rational we think we are, have a lucky charm, a good-luck ritual, or some other custom we follow in the hope that it will lead to a good result. Is the idea of luckiness just a way in which we try to impose order on chaos? Do we live in a world of flukes and coincidences, good and bad breaks, with outcomes as random as a roll of the dice—or can our beliefs help change our luck? What Are the Chances? reveals how psychology and neuroscience explain the significance of the idea of luck. Barbara Blatchley explores how people react to random events in a range of circumstances, examining the evidence that the belief in luck helps us cope with a lack of control. She tells the stories of lucky and unlucky people—who won the lottery multiple times, survived seven brushes with death, or found an apparently cursed Neanderthal mummy—as well as the accidental discoveries that fundamentally changed what we know about the brain. Blatchley considers our frequent misunderstanding of randomness, the history of luckiness in different cultures and religions, the surprising benefits of magical thinking, and many other topics. Offering a new view of how the brain handles the unexpected, What Are the Chances? shows why an arguably irrational belief can—fingers crossed—help us as we struggle with an unpredictable world.
Download or read book What Are the Chances written by Bart K. Holland and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-06-03 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roulette wheels and the plague -- Surely something's wrong with you -- The life table : you can bet on it! -- The rarest events -- The waiting game -- Stockbrokers and climate change.
Download or read book What Are the Odds written by R. M. Virtues and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Caius divorced my older sister, I never thought he would divorce me too. We went from best friends to strangers from one day to the next, and I've spent an entire year telling myself it's for the best. That's what you do after a divorce. You take the side of your sister, even if she's in the wrong. But then I run into him at a bar one night a few weeks before my college graduation, and all of a sudden, all those feelings I'd buried beneath denial and shame come flooding back. And then some. Only then do I realize how much I've missed him.And I am not willing to lose him again.
Download or read book What are the Chances of That written by Andrew C. A. Elliott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chance fills every day of our lives and affects every decision we make. Yet, for something woven so closely into the fabric of our being, we are not very good at thinking about uncertainty and risk. In this lively and engaging book, Andrew C. A. Elliott asks why this is so. He picks at the threads and, in showing how our world is built on probability rather than certainty, he identifies five obstacles to thinking about uncertainty that confuse us time after time. Elliott takes us into the casino, but this is not an invitation to gamble. He looks at financial markets, but this is not a guide to investment. There's discussion of health, but this is not a medical book. He touches on genetics and evolution, and music-making, and writing, because chance is at work there too. Entering many different fields, What are the Chances of That? is always following the trail of chance and randomness. One purpose of the book is to go cross-country, to show that there are connected ways of thinking that disrespect boundaries and cut across the domains of finance, and gambling, and genetics, and public health, and creativity. Through it, one visits the vantage points that give a broad view of the landscape and sees how these different areas of life and knowledge are connected - through chance. What are the Chances of That? discusses chance and the importance of understanding how it affects our lives. It goes beyond a mathematical approach to the subject, showing how our thinking about chance and uncertainty has been shaped by history and culture, and only relatively recently by the mathematical theory of probability. In considering how we think about uncertainty, Elliott proposes five “dualities” that encapsulate many of the ambiguities that arise.
Download or read book Know Your Chances written by Steven Woloshin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding risk -- Putting risk in perspective -- Risk charts : a way to get perspective -- Judging the benefit of a health intervention -- Not all benefits are equal : understand the outcome -- Consider the downsides -- Do the benefits outweight the downsides? -- Beware of exaggerated importance -- Beware of exaggerated certainty -- Who's behind the numbers?
Download or read book Die Empty written by Todd Henry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must-read for anyone interested in moving from inspiration to action.” —Cal Newport, author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You Most of us fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, scrambling to make deadlines and chase the next promotion. But by the end of each day we’re often left wondering if any of it really mattered. We feel the ticking of the clock, but we’re unsure of the path forward. Die Empty is a tool for people who aren’t willing to put off their most important work for another day. Todd Henry explains the forces that lead to stagnation and introduces practices that will keep you on a true and steady course. The key is embracing the idea that time is finite, so you should focus on the unique contribution to the world that only you can make. Henry shows how to sustain your enthusiasm, push through mental barriers, and unleash your best work each day.
Download or read book Thinking in Bets written by Annie Duke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wall Street Journal bestseller! Poker champion turned business consultant Annie Duke teaches you how to get comfortable with uncertainty and make better decisions as a result. In Super Bowl XLIX, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made one of the most controversial calls in football history: With 26 seconds remaining, and trailing by four at the Patriots' one-yard line, he called for a pass instead of a hand off to his star running back. The pass was intercepted and the Seahawks lost. Critics called it the dumbest play in history. But was the call really that bad? Or did Carroll actually make a great move that was ruined by bad luck? Even the best decision doesn't yield the best outcome every time. There's always an element of luck that you can't control, and there is always information that is hidden from view. So the key to long-term success (and avoiding worrying yourself to death) is to think in bets: How sure am I? What are the possible ways things could turn out? What decision has the highest odds of success? Did I land in the unlucky 10% on the strategy that works 90% of the time? Or is my success attributable to dumb luck rather than great decision making? Annie Duke, a former World Series of Poker champion turned business consultant, draws on examples from business, sports, politics, and (of course) poker to share tools anyone can use to embrace uncertainty and make better decisions. For most people, it's difficult to say "I'm not sure" in a world that values and, even, rewards the appearance of certainty. But professional poker players are comfortable with the fact that great decisions don't always lead to great outcomes and bad decisions don't always lead to bad outcomes. By shifting your thinking from a need for certainty to a goal of accurately assessing what you know and what you don't, you'll be less vulnerable to reactive emotions, knee-jerk biases, and destructive habits in your decision making. You'll become more confident, calm, compassionate and successful in the long run.
Download or read book Overcoming the Odds written by Emmy E. Werner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming the Odds looks closely at the lives of an ethnically diverse group of 505 men and women who were born in 1955 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and who have been monitored from the prenatal period through early adulthood by psychologists, pediatricians, public health professionals, and social workers. Werner and Smith trace the impact of a variety of biological and psycho-social risk factors and stressful events on the development of these individuals, most of whose parents did not graduate from high school and worked as semiskilled or unskilled laborers. Incorporating vivid case study accounts with statistical analysis, the authors focus on both the vulnerability and the resilience of those who overcame great odds to grow into competent and caring adults. They trace the recovery process through which most of the troubled adolescents in the cohort—those with histories of delinquency, teenage pregnancy, and mental health problems—emerged with improved prospects in their twenties and early thirties. Identifying both the self-righting tendencies that enable high risk children later to adapt successfully to work, marriage, and parenthood, and the conditions under which professional and volunteer care is most beneficial, Werner and Smith offer concrete suggestions for effective intervention policies.
