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An edition of How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking (2014)

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English
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468

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Miscellanea, Mathematics, MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematical analysis, award:euler_book_prize, Mathematics, miscellanea, Mathematics, popular works, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2014-07-06, New York Times bestseller, General, Mathematik, Statistik, Alltag
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Table of Contents

When am I going to use this?. 1
Part I. Linearity
One. LESS LIKE SWEDEN
Page 21
Two. STRAIGHT LOCALLY, CURVED GLOBALLY
Page 31
Three. EVERYONE IS OBESE
Page 50
Four. HOW MUCH IS THAT IN DEAD AMERICANS?
Page 62
Five. MORE PIE THAN PLATE
Page 77
Part II. Inference
Six. THE BALTIMORE STOCKBROKER AND THE BIBLE CODE
Page 89
Seven. DEAD FISH DON'T READ MINDS
Page 102
Eight. REDUCTIO AD UNLIKELY
Page 131
Nine. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HARUSPICY
Page 145
Ten. ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME, BAYESIAN INFERENCE
Page 163
Part III. Expectation
Eleven. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING TO WIN THE LOTTERY
Page 195
Twelve. MISS MORE PLANES!
Page 233
Thirteen. WHERE THE TRAIN TRACKS MEET
Page 253
Part IV. Regression
Fourteen. THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY
Page 295
Fifteen. GALTON'S ELLIPSE
Page 311
Sixteen. DOES LUNG CANCER MAKE YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES?
Page 347
Part V. Existence
Seventeen. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PUBLIC OPINION
Page 365
Eighteen. "OUT OF NOTHING I HAVE CREATED A STRANGE NEW UNIVERSE"
Page 393
HOW TO BE RIGHT. 421
Acknowledgments. 439
Notes. 443
Index. 459

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New York, USA
Other Titles
How not to be wrong : the hidden maths of everyday life (UK)
Copyright Date
2014

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Dewey Decimal Class
510
Library of Congress
QA99, QA99 .E45 2014, QA99.E45 2014

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Hardcover
Pagination
468 p.
Number of pages
468

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OL25631993M
ISBN 13
9781594205224
LCCN
2014005394
OCLC/WorldCat
861479092
LibraryThing
14820875
Goodreads
18693884

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OL17062668W

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