Puzzles with counterintuitive solutions do more than challenge us. They expose how easily our fast, reflexive thinking can lead us astray. When the Monty Hall problem was first posed by Marilyn Vos ...
In 1990, Marilyn vos Savant riled up scores of mathematicians with her solution to the “Monty Hall Problem.” But she was right. The following is an excerpt from Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty ...
During its original run from 1963 1976, Let's Make a Deal quickly established itself as a game show with a difference, bringing the idea of bartering to TV in a major way with Monty Hall serving as ...