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| Authors: Geoffrey R. Grimmett, David R. Stirzaker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $76.45
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 56114
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 608
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0198572220
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.2
EAN: 9780198572220
ASIN: 0198572220
Publication Date: August 2, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 very good for self study November 3, 2005
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
I'm using the book as a fourth year economics student, so I already have some knowledge about probability (a very good introduction is by deGroot, probability and statistics). it is not appropriate to give the book a bad review just because it is too advanced for some reader.
so I'm writing this "review" to emphasise that the book is very good for self study even if you can't understand every single example. it may take some time (if not then you are studying stuff you already know which is not good) but it really teaches you about probability.
 A poor choice for any class or self study September 17, 2005
15 out of 22 found this review helpful
I am using this book in a graduate level probability theory class and I cannot recommend it. It's text is often terse and examples are few. The solutions guide (One Thousand Exercises in Probability) is just as bad. Proofs are left to the reader or completed in one line without explanation, even in the solutions manual.
The only way to learn probability January 23, 2005
21 out of 26 found this review helpful
Grimmett & Stirzaker develops probabilty theory rigorously and simultaneously develops a good understanding of how to use the theory in practice. Explains important theorems, uses good examples, etc. I was (inexplicably) assigned Casella & Berger to learn probability and, since that was completely useless, I used Grimmett & Stirzaker very effectively to learn it on my own.
 Not good at all November 8, 2004
7 out of 25 found this review helpful
Authors have the knack of throwing in suppossedly profound but obscure comments, probably to show the depth of their knowledge. Doesn't make a pleasant reading at all.
Beauty magazine makes you look ugly, if you get my drift. June 14, 2004
8 out of 21 found this review helpful
Beauty magazine makes you look ugly, if you get my drift. If a textbook has anything to deliver, it should explain, show and demonstrate to the reader the ideology, argument and conclusion of the topic at hand. I am unfortunate enough to own this book and it failed in all counts. In fact many of my college mate (at MSc level) get more confused AFTER reading this book. I would say pay less and get the Outline book series instead.
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