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scientific myths odds of poker odds of brag puzzles medical
 09 Nov 2001
 		A man has 100 dollars and you leave him with two dollars.  That's subtraction.
MAE WEST on mathematics: 1940

The teacher pretended that algebra was a perfectly natural affair, to be taken for granted, whereas I didn't even know what numbers were.  Mathematics classes became sheer terror and torture to me.
CARL JUNG: a familiar feeling

There are hidden laws of number which it requires a mind like mine to perceive. For instance, if you add a sum from the bottom up, and then from the top down, the result is always different.
Hoelterhoff's MRS LA TOUCHE on an even more familiar feeling
Hopefully, the pages on this site will not be "terror and torture" for anybody.  Here is what they contain:

PUZZLES MYTHS
Puzzles and oddities from the world of mathematics, including two prize puzzles - one for $1 million which you certainly will not solve, and one for a prize of £20 which, though not easy, we would expect someone to get fairly soon. Do you know that Ring a Ring of Roses refers to Bubonic Plague?  Or that every snowflake has a unique pattern?  Do you?  Are you really sure?  Check out our list of myths and misconceptions.


THE HANDS OF CARDS MEDICAL
What are the chances of getting a King High at Brag?  Or a Full House at Poker?  A comprehensive review of the distribution of hands at Three-Card Brag and Five-Card Poker.  A look at some unusual problems encountered by casualty departments.   Over-18's only.
 
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