Praise for the First Edition:"It is desirable that all citizens have an elementary understanding of probability [ so] that they better appreciate the uncertainty that surrounds them. Anyone teaching such citizens should consider using this book because, through its applications, it conveys something of the power of probability." D.V. Lindley, Mathematical Gazette, November 2006
"This book was surprisingly refreshing and did a great job using real situations to motivate techniques for calculating discrete probabilities." Technometrics, August 2006
"The problems are graded from fairly straightforward to very challenging and the book is, for this reason at least, a welcome addition to the literature." MAA Reviews, October 2005
"This book would be excellent for a minicourse at a higher level of high school as well as a semester course at the college level." Larry White, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), October 2005
"The chosen approach is practical and entertaining. The book is a useful tool for teachers and anybody interested in basic ideas and applications of classical probability theory." EMS Newsletter, June 2005
