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001			ocn861479092
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093310.0
008			140313s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014005394
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781594205224
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020			_a9781594205224 (hardback)
020			_a1594205221 (hardback)
035			_a(OCoLC)861479092
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aQA 99 .E45 2014
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aEllenberg, Jordan, _d1971- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHow not to be wrong : _bthe power of mathematical thinking / _cJordan Ellenberg.
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Penguin Press, _c2014.
300			_a468 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 443-457) and index.
505	0		_aWhen am I going to use this? -- Linearity. Less like Sweden ; Straight locally, curved globally ; Everyone is obese ; How much is that in dead Americans? ; More pie than plate -- Inference. The Baltimore stockbroker and the Bible Code ; Dead fish don't read minds ; Reductio ad unlikely ; The international journal of haruspicy ; Are you there, God? It's me, Bayesian inference -- Expectation. What to expect when you're expecting to win the lottery ; Miss more planes! ; Where the train tracks meet -- Regression. The triumph of mediocrity ; Galton's ellipse ; Does lung cancer make you smoke cigarettes? -- Existence. There is no such thing as public opinion ; "Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe" -- How to be right.
520			_a"In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us that math isn't confined to abstract incidents that never occur in real life, but rather touches everything we do--the whole world is shot through with it. Math allows us to see the hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of our world. It's a science of not being wrong, hammered out by centuries of hard work and argument. Armed with the tools of mathematics, we can see through to the true meaning of information we take for granted: How early should you get to the airport? What does "public opinion" really represent? Why do tall parents have shorter children? Who really won Florida in 2000? And how likely are you, really, to develop cancer? How Not to Be Wrong presents the surprising revelations behind all of these questions and many more, using the mathematician's method of analyzing life and exposing the hard-won insights of the academic community to the layman--minus the jargon. Ellenberg pulls from history as well as from the latest theoretical developments to provide those not trained in math with the knowledge they need. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMathematics _vMiscellanea.
650		0	_aMathematical analysis _vMiscellanea.
650		7	_aMATHEMATICS / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aMathematical analysis. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01012068
650		7	_aMathematics. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01012163
655		7	_aMiscellanea. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423854
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uftp://ppftpuser:welcome@ftp01.penguingroup.com/Booksellers and Media/Covers/2008_2009_New_Covers/9781594205224.jpg
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