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Conned Again Watson!: Cautionary Tales In Logic, Math, And Probability

 

            Mathematical Connections In Colin Bruce's Book, Conned Again Watson!: Cautionary Tales In Logic, Math, And Probability.
             As the title suggest, Conned Again, Watson! Cautionary Tales of .
             Logic, Math, and Probability, by Colin Bruce (Perseus Publishing, 2002), is .
             a collection of mathematical tales set in the form of Sherlock Holmes .
             adventures. Each of the stories has a mathematical connection and several .
             touch on issues related to the theme of this chapter (particularly relevant are .
             "The Case of the Gambling Nobleman" and The Case of the Surprise Heir," .
             but several others deal with probability topics as well). .
             The story that I choose to read was "The Case of the Surprise Heir". .
             This just like the other stories are set in the tone of a Sherlock Holmes novel. .
             With Holmes and his faithful friend Watson analyzing different cases of a .
             mathematical nature that have been brought to them by various people .
             around London. The time period the story is set in is revealed in the .
             beginning of the story. Sherlock Holmes happens to picks up a British .
             newspaper and in commenting on the masthead reveals that the year is that .
             1900. The story begins with Sherlock Holmes and Watson discussing an .
             article in the newspaper. They quickly get into an intellectual conversation, .
             that arouse from Holmes" comment about the paper. There is an article about .
             the fall of the Roman Empire and it states how someday the British Empire .
             could experience a similar type of fate. Holmes finds the article ridiculous .
             and rips into the author of the paper for making such an implication. Holmes .
             then tells Watson that he will be retiring to bed for the evening. After no .
             more than a few moments of Holmes being upstairs there is a knock at the .
             door. Watson answers only to find an old cockney-like women looking quite .
             distraught. She asks to see Mr. Holmes and Watson informs her that he has .
             gone off to bed. She then tells Watson that it is quite an emergency and it .


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