The Norm Chronicles: Stories and Numbers About Danger and Death
- ISBN-10
- 0465085695
- ISBN-13
- 9780465085699
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-03
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Authors
- David Spiegelhalter, Michael Blastland
Description
A statistician and a journalist reveal the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance, and choice
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- 2014-06-03
- 358 pages
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