Includes index.

The nature of probability -- Combining probabilities -- A day at the races -- Making choices and selections -- Non-intuitive examples of probability -- Probability and health -- Combining probabilities : the craps game revealed -- The UK National Lottery, loaded dice and crooked wheels -- Block diagrams -- The normal (or Gaussian) distribution -- Statistics : the collection and analysis of numerical data -- The Poisson distribution and death by horse kicks -- Predicting voting patterns -- Taking samples : how many fish in the pond? -- Differences : rats and IQs -- Crime is increasing and decreasing -- My Uncle Joe smoked 60 a day -- Chance, luck and making decisions -- Science and society -- The pensions problem -- Solutions to problems.