Probability Unit
Gerolamo Cardano lived in the 16th Century and is known as the “Father of Probability”. He lived in Italy and was a renaissance mathematician. He made many contributions to the field of Algebra and is credited with introducing binomial coefficients and the binomial theorem.
He was very smart, but he was considered strange and weird by many people and he didn’t have very many friends. He was always short of cash, but he was an accomplished gambler and chess player, and he made enough money doing that to support himself. |
He discovered many of the properites of probability and even wrote a book on probability called “Liber de ludo aleae”, but the book was not published until a hundred years after he died. In the years following his death, mathematicians began to understand more about the theory of probability, and they recognized how much Cardano had actually contributed to the field. Thus, he earned the title of “Father of Probability”
Lecture Notes & Other Resources
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE UNIT
Probability - Day 1
Introduction to Tree Diagrams & Independent/Dependent Probabilities
Probability - Day 2
Introduction to "AND" and "OR" Probabilities
Lecture Notes with Examples for "AND" and "OR"
Summary of Probability Formulas
-----VIDEO: Probabilities Involving "AND"
-----VIDEO: 2 Examples Of Probability With and Without Replacement
-----VIDEO: Probabilities Involving "OR"
Probability - Day 3
Theoretical Probability vs Experimental Probability
Law of Large Number Research Assignment
Edward O. Thorp (The Father of Card Counting) Research Assignment
-----VIDEO: The Math Behind Casino Games
Probability - Day 1
Introduction to Tree Diagrams & Independent/Dependent Probabilities
Probability - Day 2
Introduction to "AND" and "OR" Probabilities
Lecture Notes with Examples for "AND" and "OR"
Summary of Probability Formulas
-----VIDEO: Probabilities Involving "AND"
-----VIDEO: 2 Examples Of Probability With and Without Replacement
-----VIDEO: Probabilities Involving "OR"
Probability - Day 3
Theoretical Probability vs Experimental Probability
Law of Large Number Research Assignment
Edward O. Thorp (The Father of Card Counting) Research Assignment
-----VIDEO: The Math Behind Casino Games
Simulation Illustrating the Law of Large Numbers
Probability - Day 4
The True Story of the MIT Blackjack Team
-----VIDEO: Breaking Vegas Documentary - The True Story of the MIT Blackjack Team
-----VIDEO PLAYLIST: Breaking Vegas (The ENTIRE STORY)
Probability - Days 5 and 6
The Movie "21"
Probability - Days 7, 8, and 9
Probability Project: Design Your Own Game
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