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Beschreibung
From crime figures to health scares election polls to stock market forecasts numbers make the news all the time. But are they accurate?

John Allen Paulos travels through the pages of an average newspaper revealing how mathematics is at the heart of the articles we read every day - even horoscopes and the sports pages - and how often they mislead us. By understanding simple concepts such as probability chaos theory and game theory you'll be able to see through faulty statistics stock market forecasters and conspiracy theorists - and make the figures truly add up.
From crime figures to health scares election polls to stock market forecasts numbers make the news all the time. But are they accurate?

John Allen Paulos travels through the pages of an average newspaper revealing how mathematics is at the heart of the articles we read every day - even horoscopes and the sports pages - and how often they mislead us. By understanding simple concepts such as probability chaos theory and game theory you'll be able to see through faulty statistics stock market forecasters and conspiracy theorists - and make the figures truly add up.
Über den Autor
John Allen Paulos
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie
Genre: Importe, Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780140251814
ISBN-10: 0140251812
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Paulos, John Allen
Hersteller: Penguin
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: John Allen Paulos
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2010
Gewicht: 0,275 kg
Artikel-ID: 121156521