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CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph WHEN AM I GOING TO USE THIS? PART I Linearity One. LESS LIKE SWEDEN Two. STRAIGHT LOCALLY, CURVED GLOBALLY Three. EVERYONE IS OBESE Four. HOW MUCH IS THAT IN DEAD AMERICANS? Five. MORE PIE THAN PLATE PART II Inference Six. THE BALTIMORE STOCKBROKER AND THE BIBLE CODE Seven. DEAD FISH DON’T READ MINDS Eight. REDUCTIO AD UNLIKELY Nine. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HARUSPICY Ten. ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT’S ME, BAYESIAN INFERENCE PART III Expectation Eleven. WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING TO WIN THE LOTTERY Twelve. MISS MORE PLANES! Thirteen. WHERE THE TRAIN TRACKS MEET PART IV Regression Fourteen. THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY Fifteen. GALTON’S ELLIPSE Sixteen. DOES LUNG CANCER MAKE YOU SMOKE CIGARETTES? PART V Existence Seventeen. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PUBLIC OPINION Eighteen. “OUT OF NOTHING I HAVE CREATED A STRANGE NEW UNIVERSE” HOW TO BE RIGHT Acknowledgments Notes Index 该内容有Taobao 乐读书屋提供 # http://l-books.taobao.com #
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The Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly limiting this view is: 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?
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