I think it would be cool if there were a mystery story whose sleuth-protagonist made explicit use of stats and probability.
Have you ever tried to get a book published? It’s all about numbers, and I don’t mean the kind you mention. What do you suppose is the potential audience for such a book? As Bob Unwin points out, the readers of this blog are not in any way indicative of the general public.
âThere is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.â â Albert Einstein, 1932
Ten years later, when all the greatest Western minds had been hired to work together in the Manhattan Project, the problem was solved.