How not to be wrong : the power of mathematical thinking
by Ellenberg, Jordan, 1971- (Author)
Summary
"In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us that 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 w... Full description
- When am I going to use this?
- Linearity. Less like Sweden ; Straight locally, curved globally ; Everyone is obese ; How much is that in dead Americans? ; More pie than plate
- Inference. The Baltimore stockbroker and the Bible Code ; Dead fish don't read minds ; Reductio ad unlikely ; The international journal of haruspicy ; Are you there, God? It's me, Bayesian inference
- Expectation. What to expect when you're expecting to win the lottery ; Miss more planes! ; Where the train tracks meet
- Regression. The triumph of mediocrity ; Galton's eclipse ; Does lung cancer make you smoke cigarettes?
- Existence. There is no such thing as public opinion ; "Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe"
- How to be right.