Ruma Falk

Ruma Falk (, née Oren-Aharonovich, 1932–2020) was an Israeli psychologist and philosopher of mathematics known for her work on probability theory and human understanding of probability and statistics.

Falk was born in Jerusalem, and educated at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed her PhD on the perception of chance at the Hebrew University in 1975 under the supervision of Amos Tversky, and became a professor there. She was married to Raphael Falk, a geneticist and historian of science.

Selected works Falk was the author of books including: Understanding Probability and Statistics: A Book of Problems (A K Peters, 1993) אתגרים לתאים האפורים (Challenges to the Gray Cells, Poalim Library Publishing, 2004) יש בעיה! (There is a Problem, Poalim Library Publishing, 2013) Many Faces of the Gambler's Fallacy: Subjective Randomness and Its Diverse Manifestations (self-published, 2016)

She also created a board game, ברירה וסיכוי (Choice and Chance).

Her other publications include: