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176 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Originally published in 2001.

'It's maths with the laughs added in! A humorous look at how maths can predict the likelihood of something happening.' -- cover.
Using a host of hilarious characters, Kjartan Poskitt presents all the tricks, tips and shortcuts to probability they don't teach at school. Readers will learn why coins have no memory, and whether Urgum the Axeman is likely to lose his head and join Riverboat Lil and Brett Shuffler in a mathematical tangle with swamp snake.