How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life (Record no. 104418)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780718196042 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Item number | ELL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ellenberg, Jordan |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7633 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How Not to be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2015 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 468p |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | When am I Going to Use This?<br/><br/>Part I: Linearity<br/>1. Less Like Sweden<br/>2. Straight Locally, Curved Globally<br/>3. Everyone Is Obese<br/>4. How Much Is That In Dead Americans?<br/>5. More Pie Than Plate<br/><br/>Part II: Inference<br/>6. The Baltimore Stockbroker and the Bible Code<br/>7. Dead Fish Don't Read Minds<br/>8. Reductio Ad Unlikely<br/>9. The International Journal of Haruspicy<br/>10. Are You There, God? It's Me, Bayesian Inference<br/><br/>Part III: Expectation<br/>11. What to Expect When You're Expecting to Win the Lottery<br/>12. Miss More Planes!<br/>13. Where the Train Tracks Meet<br/><br/>Part IV: Regression<br/>14. The Triumph of Mediocrity<br/>15. Galton's Ellipse<br/>16. Does Lung Cancer Make You Smoke Cigarettes?<br/><br/>Part V: Existence<br/>17. There Is No Such Thing As Public Opinion<br/>18. “Out of Nothing I Have Created A Strange New Universe”<br/><br/>How to be right<br/><br/> |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mathematics |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7634 |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mathematical Analysis |
| 9 (RLIN) | 7635 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type | Book |
| Call number prefix | 510 |
| Call number suffix | ELL |
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