Paradoxes and Probabilities
Bob Stringer
and Probabilities" is "almost a 'must have'" but that about a third of
the solutions are "wrong." I have the book and so my question is: what
good is the book to me (an intermediate player) if it's going to teach
me the wrong way to play? Has someone done some sort of an updating or
an errata sheet of sorts on any books like this one?
Thanks.
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Me Again
>
> I just saw on the backgammon faq the comment that the book "Paradoxes
> and Probabilities" is "almost a 'must have'" but that about a third of
> the solutions are "wrong." I have the book and so my question is: what
> good is the book to me (an intermediate player) if it's going to teach
> me the wrong way to play?
The questions *asked* are well worth the price of the book. You
shouldn't take the answers as being perfect. Question every solution
shown, and ask yourself if they overlooked or minimized one of the risks
of their "preferred" solution.
> Has someone done some sort of an updating or
> an errata sheet of sorts on any books like this one?
There have also been many posts about the "wrong solutions" from this
book. You can research these back posts at http://www.dejanews.com ,
click on "power search" and enter rec.games.backgammon for the forum you
want to search, and put "Paradoxes and Probabilities" in the search box
and search. Then follow every post in each thread that comes up (click
on "show thread" after reading the first post) and you will get all the
threads that have mentioned this book before.
bshe...@hasbro.com
Bob Stringer <bob100...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I just saw on the backgammon faq the comment that the book "Paradoxes
> and Probabilities" is "almost a 'must have'" but that about a third of
> the solutions are "wrong." I have the book and so my question is: what
> good is the book to me (an intermediate player) if it's going to teach
> an errata sheet of sorts on any books like this one?
Each example comes with exceptionally fine explanations that illustrate the
thinking process of a legendary player. You will learn a lot from the examples
in the book, even the ones whose answers are wrong.
Brian
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Bob Stringer
Me Again wrote:
> Bob Stringer wrote:
> >
> > I just saw on the backgammon faq the comment that the book "Paradoxes
> > and Probabilities" is "almost a 'must have'" but that about a third of
> > the solutions are "wrong." [portion deleted]
>
> > Has someone done some sort of an updating or
> > an errata sheet of sorts on any books like this one?
>
> There have also been many posts about the "wrong solutions" from this
> book. You can research these back posts at http://www.dejanews.com ,
> click on "power search" and enter rec.games.backgammon for the forum you
> want to search, and put "Paradoxes and Probabilities" in the search box
> and search. [portion deleted]
I just checked it out. Thanks very much.
Donald Kahn
>In article <365751E4...@pacbell.net>,
> Bob Stringer <bob100...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>> I just saw on the backgammon faq the comment that the book "Paradoxes
>> and Probabilities" is "almost a 'must have'" but that about a third of
>> the solutions are "wrong." I have the book and so my question is: what
>> good is the book to me (an intermediate player) if it's going to teach
>> me the wrong way to play? Has someone done some sort of an updating or
>> an errata sheet of sorts on any books like this one?
>
>Each example comes with exceptionally fine explanations that illustrate the
>thinking process of a legendary player. You will learn a lot from the examples
>in the book, even the ones whose answers are wrong.
>
>Brian
>
Cook was a marvelous writer, and very persuasive. When you get to the
point where you SEE his wrong opinions as wrong, and even laugh a
little at them, you can be confident you are at least a good player.
DK