A certain uncertainty : nature's random ways / Mark P. Silverman, G.A. Jarvis Professor of Physics, Trinity College, Connecticut.
"Based around a series of real-life scenarios, this engaging introduction to statistical reasoning will teach you how to apply powerful statistical, qualitative and probabilistic tools in a technical context. From analysis of electricity bills, baseball statistics, and stock market fluctuations...
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Tools of the trade
- The 'fundamental problem' of a practical physicist
- 3. Mother of all randomness
- 4. Mother of all randomness
- 5. A certain uncertainty
- 6. Doing the numbers: nuclear physics and the stock market
- 7. On target: uncertainties of projectile flight
- 8. The guesses of groups
- 9. The random flow of energy
- 10. The random flow of energy
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Tools of the trade; 2. The 'fundamental problem' of a practical physicist; 3. Mother of all randomness I: the random disintegration of matter; 4. Mother of all randomness II: the random creation of light; 5. A certain uncertainty; 6. Doing the numbers: nuclear physics and the stock market; 7. On target: uncertainties of projectile flight; 8. The guesses of groups; 9. The random flow of energy I: power to the people; 10. The random flow of energy II: warning from the weather underground; Index.