Struck by lightning : the curious world of probabilities

Summary/Review: Our fear of untoward events can be eased with the logic of statistics and probability, and knowing how to evaluate what the real odds of such events occurring. A multitude of applications of "the Probability Perspective" are laid out: calculating average losses at gambling, deciding which coincidences are truly surprising, understanding studies that show that a new drug reduces fatalities from a givin disease, oreven using uncertainty for one's own benefit.