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What’s next, heads or tails?
How the gambler’s fallacy causes bad decisions.
By
Author
Chana R. Schoenberger
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Capital Ideas
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08.31.2015

Economics & Business
Gambling
What’s next, heads or tails? http://www.chicagobooth.edu/capideas/magazine/fall-2015/whats-next-heads-or-tai…

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Volume 117, Number 4
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By design

In the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering’s capstone course, fourth-year students put their skills to the test.

Mathematical model

Mina Rees, PhD’31 (1902–97), helped scientific research flourish.

Out of circulation

As book bans spread nationwide, a professor, an author, and UChicago’s library system defend the freedom to read.

A light that stays

Remembering Martin E. Marty, PhD’56 (1928–2025).

In full color

Daisy Rockwell, AB’91, AM’98, PhD’98, sees literary translation as a creative act.

Uninhibited debate 

At an alumni event this spring, panelists discussed threats to higher education in light of a foundational UChicago value.

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