Ruma Falk (Hebrew: רומה פלק, née Oren-Aharonovich,[1] 1932–2020) was an Israeli psychologist and philosopher of mathematics known for her work on probability theory and human understanding of probability and statistics.
[1] She completed her PhD on the perception of chance at the Hebrew University in 1975 under the supervision of Amos Tversky,[2] and became a professor there.
[1][3][2] She was married to Raphael Falk, a geneticist and historian of science.
[3][2][4] Falk won the George Pólya Award of the Mathematical Association of America with Maya Bar-Hillel in 1984 for their joint work on probability.
[4] Falk was the author of books including: She also created a board game, ברירה וסיכוי (Choice and Chance).