Sometimes when dealing with probabilities, things don't always work out the way you might expect. My favorite example of this is the Monty Hall problem. The name comes from the game show Let's Make a ...
In 1990, Marilyn vos Savant riled up scores of mathematicians with her solution to the “Monty Hall Problem.” But she was right. The following is an excerpt from Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty ...