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This Chancy, Chancy, Chancy World
Have you ever sat down and thought about how often chance affects your life? If you have, then you probably realize that chance literally hits us from every side. We live in a world more vulnerable to the vicissitudes of chance than the wildest imagination could devise.Chance abounds in an endless variety of forms. Some darken our existence, confound our plans and prevent us from realizing our most cherished ambitions. Others do not affect us, while others still illuminate our lives with all the colours of the rainbow and bring happiness and success (eureka!).
But is it really worth talking about chance? What is there to say about it? Chance is chancy, and that’s that.
In fact there is a great deal we can say about chance and there is even more we can ask about it. For example: how does chaos arise? What is control? How should we act in circumstances involving chance? How can we come to terms with the difficulties that arise from chance obstacles in our lives? What is the Monte Carlo method? Why is learning necessary? What role does chance play in evolution and progress? How is it that our chancy, chancy, chancy world gets along quite well? Is it possible to make it better still? Answers to these and many other questions will be found in this book.
But is it really worth talking about chance? What is there to say about it? Chance is chancy, and that’s that.
In fact there is a great deal we can say about chance and there is even more we can ask about it. For example: how does chaos arise? What is control? How should we act in circumstances involving chance? How can we come to terms with the difficulties that arise from chance obstacles in our lives? What is the Monte Carlo method? Why is learning necessary? What role does chance play in evolution and progress? How is it that our chancy, chancy, chancy world gets along quite well? Is it possible to make it better still? Answers to these and many other questions will be found in this book.
287 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1986
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About the author
Leonard Rastrigin
5 books2 followersLeonard Andreevich Rastrigin (Russian: Леонард Андреевич Растригин) - scientist in the field of cybernetics and computer science, doctor of technical sciences, professor at the Riga Polytechnic Institute.
He graduated in aircraft design from the Moscow Aeronautical Institute and, in 1960, presented his Ph.D. thesis on mechanics. He then made a 179 - degree turn and ' retreated ' into cybernetics, where he studied random search - a new technique for finding optimum solutions to complex problems.
Cybernetics brought him both joy and sorrow. His work in this field has gained him his doctorate and a professorship, and he is now Director of the only random search laboratory in the world. Here his task is to vindicate the claims of random search and to demonstrate its advantages in practical applications.
He graduated in aircraft design from the Moscow Aeronautical Institute and, in 1960, presented his Ph.D. thesis on mechanics. He then made a 179 - degree turn and ' retreated ' into cybernetics, where he studied random search - a new technique for finding optimum solutions to complex problems.
Cybernetics brought him both joy and sorrow. His work in this field has gained him his doctorate and a professorship, and he is now Director of the only random search laboratory in the world. Here his task is to vindicate the claims of random search and to demonstrate its advantages in practical applications.
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August 16, 2017
Terrific book on probability. The best I've read.
We used to get these Russian books on science in India at dirt cheap prices, thanks to communism and the Soviet Union. My only regret at its demise is that I lost this treasure trove.
We used to get these Russian books on science in India at dirt cheap prices, thanks to communism and the Soviet Union. My only regret at its demise is that I lost this treasure trove.
September 6, 2023
كتاب مفيد في تحليل مفهوم الفوضي وكيف يمكن قياس الصدفة للوقوف علي الاسباب المؤدية لها .. المزعج في الكتاب هو المقاربات التي يصر مؤلفها علي التجريب و الشرح بها
August 2, 2019
This is a really great book to read. I consider this a gentle introduction to cybernetics..
The book is split into two parts. In the first, the author explains "chance" and how it can affect us. In the second part, the authors begins by making a dichotomy between the induction and deduction methods, and he clearly he takes a stand. From this point, he introduces ways of "fighting" chance.
The author is enthusiastic about the subject and you will certainly feel it..
The book is split into two parts. In the first, the author explains "chance" and how it can affect us. In the second part, the authors begins by making a dichotomy between the induction and deduction methods, and he clearly he takes a stand. From this point, he introduces ways of "fighting" chance.
The author is enthusiastic about the subject and you will certainly feel it..
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