The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day by David J. Hand

The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day David J. Hand ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 288
ISBN: 9780374175344
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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