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Naked Statistics
Stripping the Dread from the Data
- Norton, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 302 páginas
PVP: 20,25 €
ISBN 978-0-393-34777-7
EAN 9780393347777
The field of statistics is rapidly transforming into a discipline that Hal Varian at Google has called "sexy". And with good reason from batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research the real-world application of statistics is growing by leaps and bounds. In Naked Statistics, Charles Wheelan strips away the arcane and ...
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- Princeton, 2014
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 312 páginas
PVP: 23,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16353-6
EAN 9780691163536
The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasnt until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who ...
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Will you be Alive Ten Years from Now?
And Numoerous Other Curious Questions in Probability
- Princeton, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 256 páginas
PVP: 28,50 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15680-4
EAN 9780691156804
What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are just some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that acclaimed popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book.Nahin brings probability to ...
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- Sage, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 184 páginas
PVP: 104,15 €
ISBN 978-1-4522-5900-0
EAN 9781452259000
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 272 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-1-4088-4373-4
EAN 9781408843734
Some have seen philosophy embedded in episodes of The Simpsons; others have detected elements of psychology and religion. Simon Singh, bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book and The Big Bang, instead makes the compelling case that what The Simpsons' writers are most passionate about is mathematics. He reveals how the writers have ...
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- Andre Deutsch, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 24,30 €
ISBN 978-0-233-00385-6
EAN 9780233003856
Mathematics opens new doors to the amazing world of maths. Telling the exciting story from a historical perspective, its shows how mathematical science advanced through the discoveries of the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Greeks, the great scholars of medieval Islam and Europe, and the Renaissance and the birth of the Scientific Revolution. From the simplest ...
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- Basic Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 360 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-08598-9
EAN 9780465085989
"An engaging tour of vital math for a modern world . A wonderfully accessible book." -Scientific American Most people are familiar with history's great equations: Newton's Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein's theory of relativity. But the way these mathematical breakthroughs have contributed to human progress is seldom appreciated. In In Pursuit of the ...
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Stat Spotting
A Field Guide to Identifying Dubious Data
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 158 páginas
PVP: 28,50 €
ISBN 978-0-520-27998-8
EAN 9780520279988
Does a young person commit suicide every thirteen minutes in the United States? Are four million women really battered to death by their husbands or boyfriends each year? Is methamphetamine our number one drug problem today? Alarming statistics bombard our daily lives, appearing in the news, on the Web, seemingly everywhere. But all too often, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 10,95 €
ISBN 978-0-19-967598-2
EAN 9780199675982
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The Universe in Zero Words
The Story of Mathematics as Told through Equations
- Princeton, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 20,15 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16016-0
EAN 9780691160160
Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics--the universal language of science--keep ...
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- Basic Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-08999-4
EAN 9780465089994
"A fun, spunky, wise little book that would be helpful to both the consumers of the news and its purveyors." -Washington Post In this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle-the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and ...
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- Basic Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 304 páginas
PVP: 28,00 €
ISBN 978-0-465-05074-1
EAN 9780465050741
A top mathematician's lifelong quest to find a theory for every number. What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren't even told they existed? Alas, this is how math ...
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- Hill & Wang, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 240 páginas
PVP: 17,75 €
ISBN 978-0-8090-3359-1
EAN 9780809033591
A hilarious and bold graphic adventure into the world of big dataStatistics help us create Internet technologies, develop medicines, win elections, invest in stocks, predict the weather, and much more. But the methods that produce important numbers remain beyond many of us. How do we determine the proper size of a sample? How, exactly, do ...
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- Vintage UK, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
ISBN 978-0-09-958423-0
EAN 9780099584230
How can sprinter Usain Bolt break his world record without expending any additional effort? Which demands a faster reaction time, tennis or baseball? What dates of birth give rise to the best professional athletes? Is it better to have the inside or outside lane during a race? And how can you improve your balance just ...
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Blastland, Michael; Spiegelhalter, David
The Norm Chronicles
Stories and Numbers About Danger
- Profile Books, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 19,75 €
ISBN 978-1-84668-620-7
EAN 9781846686207
This is a far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice. Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week.He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 10,40 €
ISBN 978-0-19-965198-6
EAN 9780199651986
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Digital Dice
Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems
- Princeton, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 20,55 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15821-1
EAN 9780691158211
Some probability problems are so difficult that they stump the smartest mathematicians. But even the hardest of these problems can often be solved with a computer and a Monte Carlo simulation, in which a random-number generator simulates a physical process, such as a million rolls of a pair of dice. This is what Digital Dice ...
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Although we seldom think of it, our lives are played out in a world of numbers. Such common activities as throwing baseballs, skipping rope, growing flowers, playing football, measuring savings accounts, and many others are inherently mathematical. So are more speculative problems that are simply fun to ponder in themselves--such as the best way to ...
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- Hodder & Stoughton, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 288 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-1-4447-3744-8
EAN 9781444737448
This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes and everyday examples, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions and equations underpin all our lives.Inspired ...
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- Perseus, 2013
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 176 páginas
ISBN 978-0-465-01481-1
EAN 9780465014811
From one of our most gifted and lyrical writers on mathematics, an exploration of the fascinating origins and critical legacy of Euclid's influential book The Elements, a cornerstone of modern science.Geometry defines the world around us, helping us make sense of everything from architecture to military science to fashion. And for over two thousand years, ...
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