Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I Geometry
- II Number Theory and Graph Theory
- III Flexagons and Catalan Numbers
- IV Making Things Fit
- V Further Puzzles and Games
- VI Cards and Probability
- 30 Modeling Mathematics with Playing Cards
- 31 The Probability an Amazing Card Trick Is Dull
- 32 The Monty Hall Problem, Reconsidered
- 33 The Secretary Problem from the Applicant's Point of View
- 34 Lake Wobegon Dice
- 35 Martin Gardner's Mistake
- VII Other Aspects of Martin Gardner
- Index
- About the Editors
34 - Lake Wobegon Dice
from VI - Cards and Probability
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I Geometry
- II Number Theory and Graph Theory
- III Flexagons and Catalan Numbers
- IV Making Things Fit
- V Further Puzzles and Games
- VI Cards and Probability
- 30 Modeling Mathematics with Playing Cards
- 31 The Probability an Amazing Card Trick Is Dull
- 32 The Monty Hall Problem, Reconsidered
- 33 The Secretary Problem from the Applicant's Point of View
- 34 Lake Wobegon Dice
- 35 Martin Gardner's Mistake
- VII Other Aspects of Martin Gardner
- Index
- About the Editors
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- Martin Gardner in the Twenty-First Century , pp. 249 - 256Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2012