Once Upon a Number by Paulos, John Allen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Introductioŋ 1: βɛtwɛɛŋ storiɛs aŋd statistics

Primitive Glimmerings Stories As Context for Statistics Sketch for a Mathematical Short Story The Different Scopes Ofstories and Statistics Too Many Characteristics, Not Enough People Stereotypes, Whimsy, and Statistical Conservatism

2: βɛtwɛɛŋ subjɛctivɛ viɛwpoiŋt aŋd Impɛrsorŋal probability

Minority Viewpoints, Individuals, and Statistics Murphy's Law and That Put-Upon Feeling Psychology, Perspectives, and Paranoia The Bible Code and Sex Scandals A Tricky Tale and Probabilistic Coupling Bayesʼ Theorem and Revising Our Stories Complex Legal Stories and Inference Networks O. J. Simpson and the Crime of Statisticide

3: βɛtwɛɛŋ ɪnforɱal ðiscoursɛ and ʟogic

Informal Logic and Us Wild Cards in Poker and Life Rules, Substitution, and Probability Intensional Logic and Combinatorial Explosions The Bare Bones of Standard Logic Situations, Semantics, and Statistics Narrative Common Ground A Parable of Furious Feminist and The Stock Market From Autobiography to Models and Novels Appendix: Humor and Computation Groucho Meets Russell

4: βɛtwɛɛŋ ɱɛaŋiŋg aŋd ɪnforɱatioŋ

Information: A Lecturer’s Insights, A Girl’s Restlessness Cryptography and Narratives Of Occam and Two-Bit Stories Our Complexity Horizons Always A Free Lunch If The (Ramsey) Dump is Big Enough Complexity, Chaos, and Spare Change

5: βridgiŋg the ɢap

Lotteries and Turning Wishes Into Facts Promises, Questions, and Implicit Intensions Two Cultures, Same Parochialism The Doctor’s Dilemma The Environment and Other No-Man’s-Lands A Word On (Ur)Religion

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