Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance truly is and how it works in the real world. With his unique storytelling method, he applies a blend of wit and wisdom, animation, graphics, and gleeful nerdery to the joys of chance and the mysteries of probability. It is a vital branch of mathematics that tells us what might happen in the future based on the events of the past. 剑桥大学数学家,公共风险,生物统计学家等,戴维·斯皮格霍尔特[David Spiegelhalter]教授解释什么是机会,以及它在现实世界所扮演的角色。机会这门科学是数学的一个重要分支,它融合了机智和智慧,动画模型,图形演示,概率的奥秘等等,让我们处理未来可能要发生的事情。你怎么能最大限度地活到100岁?为什么我们很多人会遇到那么多怪异的巧合呢?我该带把伞吗?这些都只是日常生活中碰到问题而已。