Jeffrey Rosenthal
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About Jeffrey Rosenthal - Expert on Randomness and Probability:
Jeffrey S. Rosenthal is a professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Toronto. He was raised in a very mathematical family: both parents, one grandfather, and one uncle taught math, while another grandfather was an accountant. His interest in probability theory began at an early age; even as a child he enjoyed flipping coins, rolling dice, and computing probabilities.
Rosenthal received his BSc in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science from the University of Toronto at the age of 20; his PhD in Mathematics from Harvard University at the age of 24; and tenure in the Department of Statistics at the University of Toronto at the age of 29. He has received several Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada research grants, a Premier's Research Excellence Award, and research funding through the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems initiative, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Rosenthal's book, Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities, was a bestseller in Canada, and is being published in a total of fifteen countries. Previously, Rosenthal published two textbooks A First Look at Rigorous Probability Theory, and Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty. He has published over fifty research papers, many related to the field of Markov chain Monte Carlo randomised computer algorithms.
What Jeffrey Rosenthal Talks About:
The Curious World of Probabilities
Randomness, uncertainty and probability are everywhere, and while no one can predict uncertain events with certainty, we can at least understand uncertainty itself. In this entertaining look at the world of probabilities, Jeffrey Rosenthal, an improbably talented math professor, musician and improvisational comedian, explains the mechanics of randomness and teaches us how to develop an informed perspective on probability.
From lotteries to casinos, insurance rates to crime rates, game shows to airline crashes, cancer to SARS, Struck by Lightning deconstructs the odds and oddities of chance in an understandable, relevant and irreverent exploration.
