D J Hand, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College London and a past President of the Royal Statistical Society. He has published 31 books, including one with Imperial College Press, now part of World Scientific Press, and others including Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters (Princeton University Press: translated into 7 other languages) and The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day (FSG: translated into 6 other languages).

• Prologue; Amy Meets the Ladybird; The Horse and the Doctor Battle for a Prize; The British Museum Monkeys; Last Things First; Mr Clognor and the Heads and Tails; Amy Meets a Talking Bush; Amy Eats Some Chocolate Cake; How to Throw Two Sixes; The Sssssssouth American Ssssnake; Amy Meets Mr Clognor for the Second Time; Amy Finds a Quincunx; The Enchanting Humming Birds; The Great Race; The Helpful Man with the Heavy Suitcase; A Train Journey; A Gambling Casino; The Armies and the River; One for Everyone; A Most Unusual Shopping Expedition; A Six to Win; Epilogue; Meanwhile, Elsewhere in the World ...;