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The Theory That Would Not Die is a history of Bayes' Theorem and the struggle Bayesianism has been in with frequentism for the two centuries. I found the book enjoyable but there were two shortcomings: 1) The depth to which a particular example was ta...more |
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I've been told my reviews can be somewhat negative. So I've struck that through. Water for Elephants was somewhat enjoyable The main character is |
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The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
by Samuel Arbesman
read in January, 2013
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| The Half-Life of Facts talks about the rate of charge regarding the things that we know. The author breaks facts down into eschelons of stability like high turn-over facts like the weather and things like the laws of physics which will go largely unc...more | |
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Abundance persuasively argues that a lot of the seeming resource shortcomings that appear to represent looming catastrophes are unlikely and that the standard of living for much of the world will probably skyrocket. While I'm no Malthusian, I am also...more |
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| Lucifer's Hammer is an amazingly well-written piece of science fiction that borders on literature. Unlike most science fiction, the characters are not just ways for the plot points to get around and in many cases you feel for their plight and celebra...more | |
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| Redshirts started out fast and fun but had a mediocre finish. When a book descends into mediocre metafiction I call shenanigans. The first third of the book is fun, the second third isn't bad, the last third is terrible. | |
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The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
by Nate Silver
read in December, 2012
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Bottom Line: Really well written book on the role statistics and modeling play in the modern world. The book talks about a lot of systems, but I feel the three take away points on which Silver has a unique perspective are: 1) The profusion of large dat...more |
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| Books like this are good case for the benefits of audiobooks. The book is a collection of letters and interviews from characters around the life of the central person. Each is voiced by a different person which makes keeping track of the events much...more | |
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I very much enjoyed The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness. Both have entered a very select collection of books where I keep a copy on hand to give to people which gets replenished every now and again. Antifragile has a good idea to it, that there ar...more |
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This is the book club for Team Interrobang, a gaming community. (http://teaminterrobang.com/) We run a variety of game servers and like to talk.
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