This book offers a treatment for the disease of statistical illiteracy. It is aimed at helping us understand risks in the real world, it shows how a proper understanding of uncertainties can make the difference between hope and despair.derstanding uncertainties in the real world…
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One hundred prisoners and a light bulb
by Ditmarsch, Hans van, Kooi, Barteld, Elancheziyan
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A group of 100 prisoners, all together in the prison dining area, are told that they will be all put in isolation cells and then will be interrogated one by one in a room containing a light with an on/off switch. The prisoners may communicate with one another by toggling the lig…
Meet Victorian London's most dynamic duo: Charles Babbage, the unrealized inventor of the computer, and his accomplice, Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the peculiar protoprogrammer and daughter of Lord Byron. When Lovelace translated a description of Babbage's plans for an enormous m…
Accessible and comprehensive, this guide is an indispensable tool for anyone in the sciences - new and established researchers, students and scientists - looking either to refresh their math skills or to prepare for the broad range of math, statistical and data-related challenge…
This revised edition of Does God Play Dice? takes a fresh look at chaos theory, its achievements, potential and the latest practical applications of chaos theory, including the development of intelligent heart pacemakers.
Kurz entschlossen -- danebengehauen.... Vorher nachdenken, nachmessen oder kalkulieren wäre wohl besser gewesen! Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen, Ihre Denkmechanismen zu erkunden und zu verbessern. Fehler und Zufall treiben den Fortschritt an. So entsteht das Neue. Wer es sehen will, br…
