The clumsy dishwasher problem
Will Lil and Bill meet at the malt shop?
A parallel parking question
A curious coin-flipping game
The Gamow-Stern elevator puzzle
The pipe smoker's discovery
The forgetful burglar problem
The case of the missing senators
How many runners in a marathon?
How long is the wait to get the potato salad?
The appeals court paradox
Electing emperors and popes
An optimal stopping problem
Chain reactions, branching processes, and baby boys
Appendixes: 1. One way to guess on a test
2. An example of variance-reduction in the Monte Carlo method
4. Solving Montmort's problem by recursion
5. An illustration of the inclusion-exclusion principle
6. Solutions to the spin game
7. How to simulate Kelvin's fair coin with a biased coin
8. How to simulate an exponential random variable
9. Index to author-created MATLAB m-files in the book.
