The Resource Do dice play God? : the mathematics of uncertainty, Ian Stewart
Do dice play God? : the mathematics of uncertainty, Ian Stewart
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The item Do dice play God? : the mathematics of uncertainty, Ian Stewart represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Bestselling author Professor Ian Stewart explores the history and mathematics of uncertainty. Touching on gambling, probability, statistics, financial and weather forecasts, censuses, medical studies, chaos, quantum physics, and climate, he makes one thing clear: a reasonable probability is the only certainty
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Contents
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- Six ages of uncertainty
- Reading the entrails
- Roll of the dice
- Toss of a coin
- Too much information
- Fallacies and paradoxes
- Social physics
- How certain are you?
- Law and disorder
- Unpredicting the predictable
- The weather factory
- Remedial measures
- Financial fortune-telling
- Our Bayesian brain
- Quantum uncertainty
- Do dice play God?
- Exploiting uncertainty
- Unknown unknowns
- Isbn
- 9781541699472
- Label
- Do dice play God? : the mathematics of uncertainty
- Title
- Do dice play God?
- Title remainder
- the mathematics of uncertainty
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian Stewart
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Bestselling author Professor Ian Stewart explores the history and mathematics of uncertainty. Touching on gambling, probability, statistics, financial and weather forecasts, censuses, medical studies, chaos, quantum physics, and climate, he makes one thing clear: a reasonable probability is the only certainty
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- 10807423
- Cataloging source
- FM0
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stewart, Ian
- Dewey number
- 519.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA273
- LC item number
- .S74 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Probabilities
- Chaotic behavior in systems
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- the mathematics of uncertainty
- Label
- Do dice play God? : the mathematics of uncertainty, Ian Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Six ages of uncertainty -- Reading the entrails -- Roll of the dice -- Toss of a coin -- Too much information -- Fallacies and paradoxes -- Social physics -- How certain are you? -- Law and disorder -- Unpredicting the predictable -- The weather factory -- Remedial measures -- Financial fortune-telling -- Our Bayesian brain -- Quantum uncertainty -- Do dice play God? -- Exploiting uncertainty -- Unknown unknowns
- Control code
- on1112737615
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541699472
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1112737615
- Label
- Do dice play God? : the mathematics of uncertainty, Ian Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Six ages of uncertainty -- Reading the entrails -- Roll of the dice -- Toss of a coin -- Too much information -- Fallacies and paradoxes -- Social physics -- How certain are you? -- Law and disorder -- Unpredicting the predictable -- The weather factory -- Remedial measures -- Financial fortune-telling -- Our Bayesian brain -- Quantum uncertainty -- Do dice play God? -- Exploiting uncertainty -- Unknown unknowns
- Control code
- on1112737615
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First US edition.
- Extent
- 292 pages
- Isbn
- 9781541699472
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1112737615
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