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Survivorship effect, the ones aren't there

I've only read a small part but I'm already finding this very thought provoking..should be an interesting (yet somewhat unusual for me) read

"Mathematics as currently practiced is a delicate interplay between monastic contemplation and blowing stuff up with dynamite."

This book is awesome!

Slow read, but really awesome. Kin to the other pop-stats books, but a much superior kin nonetheless.

awesome!

This book is touted as "the Freakonomics of math." That is wrong; this book is a joyful romp through some of the most interesting ideas humans have come up with to date. Eat your heart out, Levitt and Dubner.

Still fantastic, when I get time to read it! Got a good chunk in on vacation at least.

This book is definitely not for everyone, but so far, I love it.

It got a bit heavy going. Taking a break from it. This author has a wicked sense of humour. I love the anecdotes!

It got a bit heavy going. Taking a break from it. This author has a wicked sense of humour. I love the anecdotes!

Imagining those thousands of pages of math computation makes my head spin and my stomach writhe in pain. What a waste of time on something that had little meaning! Later in the book it looks like I'll learn how not to get duped by false statements. Everything has to do with math and this book is opening my mind to see how deeply true that statement is.

Wow! I wish this would have been my math book all through High School. There is so much more to math than computing. But this book--this new way of seeing math---goes into the logic and everyday application from making decisions about purchases all the way to how to arm a war plane.

Just started reading it and I can already tell it's one of the best books ever. I'm so much e joying it!

Slowly getting through.. Not because the book is slow or the content uninteresting, just no time to read! :(

Great so far, especially for math nerds. Kind of Bill James-esque in the way he speaks to, and makes jokes with, the reader. A good refresher on some concepts I learned many moons ago, but with a nice new spin. It makes me kind of reconsider a lot, especially the takes on statistics.

Brilliant, and heavy, man!

Getting into some statistics stuff. Might need to re-read some.

From lottery systems, annuities, and the existence of a God this book is putting everything to the text of math. Really it is an interesting book showing just how connected mathematics is to the world around us.

I'm really fascinated by this book and the depth that mathematics plays in our everyday lives. Being a history lover and student/teacher of the subject makes math not as appealing to me, but this book does a great job at making simple and complex math relevant. I cannot wait to review this book as a whole for you!

worth reading for Ch. 9 alone -- "In practice, science is a bit immunosuppressed." re: replication in context of statistical significance testing. Such good sense here! Media/politics ignore this utterly, and science is too often itself complicit.

Still excellent!

I'm lovin' it!

Starting to drag a little.

Greatly enjoying it, wish I had more time to sit and read!

What an excellent book!

The reader learns how to look at statistics in popular publications and know whether or not they really paint an accurate picture. A mathematician solved the problem of how to armor World War Two fighter planes by looking where the bullet holes were missing.

I've always loved maths, so this title caught my interest. But it was the 1 star reviews on Amazon that really made me want to read it. "Ultra Liberal Apologist and Revisionist."??!! I'm intrigued.

Very engaging read so far. And not only for people who love math either, but for anyone who prefers facts and figures over blind bias.

Introduction -- the Author makes his case for reading the book. He provides examples of practical applications of mathematical thinking. He says that understanding the formulas is not necessary for understanding this book.

Excelente para entender las limitaciones de las pruebas de significancia.