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The Law of Large Numbers for Kids: Why Coin Tosses Even Out
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The story of the law of large numbers for kids: how John Kerrich tossed a coin 10,000 times during the Second World War, and how Jacob Bernoulli explained the result in a book published in 1713. • Why Kerrich's 5,067 heads is so close to half • Why a coin has no memory, and the next toss can still be anything • How the same idea lets a survey of many people tell us about a whole crowd • Quiz questions to answer along the way Maths is Not Boring: rated 5★ on Apple Podcasts and 4.7★ on Spotify....