The Curious World of Probabilities with Prof. Jeffrey Rosenthal

Starts
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 7:00 pm
Ends
Friday, April 16th 2010 at 9:00 pm
Location
Centre for Inquiry Ontario, 216 Beverley St., Toronto ON (just south of College St. at St. George St.)

The Curious World of Probabilities

by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

(Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto)

Probabilities and randomness arise whenever we're not sure what will happen next. They apply to everything from lottery jackpots to airplane crashes, casino gambling, homicide rates, medical studies, election polls, coincidences, spread of disease, and games of poker. They are also essential for statistical inference and for Monte Carlo computer algorithms. This talk (inspired by the author's recent book, "Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities") will explore uncertainty's ubiquity, and discuss how a Probability Perspective can shed new light on familiar situations.

$5, $4 for students, FREE for members

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