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Bruce Frey. Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds (Hacks)

Publisher:
Year:2006
Pages:336
ISBN:0596101643

Want to calculate the probability that an event will happen? Be able to spot fake data? Prove beyond doubt whether one thing causes another? Or learn to be a better gambler? You can do that and much more with 75 practical and fun hacks packed into Statistics Hacks. These cool tips, tricks, and mind-boggling solutions from the world of statistics, measurement, and research methods will not only amaze and entertain you, but will give you an advantage in several real-world situations-including business. This book is ideal for anyone who likes puzzles, brainteasers, games, gambling, magic tricks, and those who want to apply math and science to everyday circumstances. Several hacks in the first chapter alone-such as the "central limit theorem,", which allows you to know everything by knowing ...

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Sarah Hodgson. Dog Tricks and Agility For Dummies

Publisher:
Year:2010
Pages:368
ISBN:0470539593

The fun and easy way to teach a dog new tricks Dog Tricks & Agility For Dummies (previously titled Dog Tricks For Dummies) makes trick and agility training fun for both you and your dog. You will learn to teach simple tricks, like tail wagging or barking on command to more complex tricks like fetching keys, your dog's dinner bowl, or the laundry. This hands-on guide provides the lowdown on the coolest dog tricks and offers expanded coverage on infusing the thrill of agility (whether for fun or competition) into your dog's life. Push a cart or stroller, run an agility course, play Frisbee and fly ball, and put the toys away Navigate all types of agility obstacles big and small, narrow and wide Prepare your dog for canine good citizen certification Determine if your dog can get involved ...

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Gerald McDermott. Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon

Publisher:
Year:2005
Pages:32
ISBN:0152053743

JabutA­'s shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were sweet. But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks JabutA­ sometimes played. When a concert takes place in heaven, Vulture offers to fly JabutA­ there . . . all the while plotting a trick of his own.

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Janice Galloway. The Trick is to Keep Breathing

Publisher:Vintage
Year:1999
Pages:240
ISBN:978-0-749-39173-7

"An account from the inside of a mind cracking up...its writing is as taut as a bowstring. From brilliant title to closing injunction, it hums with intelligence, clarity, wit; and, as its heroine's struggle for order and meaning seduces our minds, exposes how close we all of us are to insanity. Joy, as Galloway's heroine reluctantly lets us know that she's called, is simply that dangerous step or two nearer the edge". Listener