nige1 Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Actually, there seems to be two reviews on amazon, one gives it five stars out of five, the other four out of five. I have both this one and Ruben's Expert Bridge Simplified. Let me say that Jeff Ruben's book is by far superior. Bridge, Probability & Information has some interesting ways to approach certain problems, and some different ways to explain a priori versus a posteriori calculations as it relates to a bridge hand, it was difficult for me to follow, and of course, bridge issues that should get in the way of the statistical calculations are either ignored or glossed over frequently. This does not greatly distract from the enjoyment of working out the problems even if you sometimes or frequently disagree. However, I would guide anyone serious about this topic to Ruben's book first. Amazon UK has a single review and that awards only one star to the book :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Amazon UK has a single review and that awards only one star to the book :( I put the MacKinnon book down after ten pages or so. The writing style is not something I enjoy. Given some of the comments in this thread I may try to pick it up again and slog through a little more to see if I can get something useful out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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