Author: Dan McAneny
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ISBN: 9780964649033
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The Silver Water Coincidences
Author: Dan McAneny
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ISBN: 9780964649033
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Thinner Than Water
Author: E.X. Ferrars
Publisher: FelonyandMayhem+ORM
ISBN: 1631942743
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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Weddings can bring out the worst in people. . . . “For those who enjoy civilized mayhem, the charming Freers will be a welcome diversion.” —Kirkus Reviews Against her better judgment, Virginia Freer has agreed to be a witness at an old friend’s second wedding―against her better judgment because the other witness is Felix, her sort-of-ex-husband. On the other hand, she does rather enjoy Felix . . . in small doses. Thank heavens for that, because little else about the wedding is enjoyable, from the oddly unwelcoming hostess to the vicious murder of the groom’s father shortly after the spectacularly dull reception. At least the police are amusing―right out of a third-rate comedy, with their insistence that this was just a robbery gone wrong. True, some silver appears to be missing, but Felix and Virginia have (sadly) seen enough murders to know when a fellow has been deliberately whacked in the head. But nailing down the details and persuading the police will take some time. It seems Virginia is in for rather a larger dose of Felix than she bargained for . . . Praise for the novels of E.X. Ferrars “[An] engrossing whodunit.” —Publishers Weekly “Fans of Agatha Christie will be pleased.” —Denver Post
Publisher: FelonyandMayhem+ORM
ISBN: 1631942743
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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Weddings can bring out the worst in people. . . . “For those who enjoy civilized mayhem, the charming Freers will be a welcome diversion.” —Kirkus Reviews Against her better judgment, Virginia Freer has agreed to be a witness at an old friend’s second wedding―against her better judgment because the other witness is Felix, her sort-of-ex-husband. On the other hand, she does rather enjoy Felix . . . in small doses. Thank heavens for that, because little else about the wedding is enjoyable, from the oddly unwelcoming hostess to the vicious murder of the groom’s father shortly after the spectacularly dull reception. At least the police are amusing―right out of a third-rate comedy, with their insistence that this was just a robbery gone wrong. True, some silver appears to be missing, but Felix and Virginia have (sadly) seen enough murders to know when a fellow has been deliberately whacked in the head. But nailing down the details and persuading the police will take some time. It seems Virginia is in for rather a larger dose of Felix than she bargained for . . . Praise for the novels of E.X. Ferrars “[An] engrossing whodunit.” —Publishers Weekly “Fans of Agatha Christie will be pleased.” —Denver Post
Records of General Science
Author: Robert Dundas Thomson
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1132
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The Improbability Principle
Author: David J. Hand
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711399
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His definition of "miracle" is thoroughly rational. No mystical or supernatural explanation is necessary to understand why someone is lucky enough to win the lottery twice, or is destined to be hit by lightning three times and still survive. All we need, Hand argues, is a firm grounding in a powerful set of laws: the laws of inevitability, of truly large numbers, of selection, of the probability lever, and of near enough. Together, these constitute Hand's groundbreaking Improbability Principle. And together, they explain why we should not be so surprised to bump into a friend in a foreign country, or to come across the same unfamiliar word four times in one day. Hand wrestles with seemingly less explicable questions as well: what the Bible and Shakespeare have in common, why financial crashes are par for the course, and why lightning does strike the same place (and the same person) twice. Along the way, he teaches us how to use the Improbability Principle in our own lives—including how to cash in at a casino and how to recognize when a medicine is truly effective. An irresistible adventure into the laws behind "chance" moments and a trusty guide for understanding the world and universe we live in, The Improbability Principle will transform how you think about serendipity and luck, whether it's in the world of business and finance or you're merely sitting in your backyard, tossing a ball into the air and wondering where it will land.
Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374711399
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions, prophecies, or the paranormal. His definition of "miracle" is thoroughly rational. No mystical or supernatural explanation is necessary to understand why someone is lucky enough to win the lottery twice, or is destined to be hit by lightning three times and still survive. All we need, Hand argues, is a firm grounding in a powerful set of laws: the laws of inevitability, of truly large numbers, of selection, of the probability lever, and of near enough. Together, these constitute Hand's groundbreaking Improbability Principle. And together, they explain why we should not be so surprised to bump into a friend in a foreign country, or to come across the same unfamiliar word four times in one day. Hand wrestles with seemingly less explicable questions as well: what the Bible and Shakespeare have in common, why financial crashes are par for the course, and why lightning does strike the same place (and the same person) twice. Along the way, he teaches us how to use the Improbability Principle in our own lives—including how to cash in at a casino and how to recognize when a medicine is truly effective. An irresistible adventure into the laws behind "chance" moments and a trusty guide for understanding the world and universe we live in, The Improbability Principle will transform how you think about serendipity and luck, whether it's in the world of business and finance or you're merely sitting in your backyard, tossing a ball into the air and wondering where it will land.
The Encyclopædia Britannica: Vetch-Zymotic Diseases
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
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The Encyclopædia Britannica
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2218
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2218
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The Encyclopædia Britannica
Author: Hugh Chisholm
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
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