Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book "Innumeracy", John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin; how big is a trillion; how fast does human hair grow in mph; and, can you calculate the chances that ...(展开全部)

内容简介: 为什么甚至受过良好教育的人，仍然对数学了解得那么少？数盲的代价是什么？1998年约翰·艾伦·保罗士在他著名的畅销书出版时就声称：没有能力来合理地处理大量数据和概率问题，导致我们误传了政府的政策，扰乱了个人的决定，增加了对形形色色伪科学的感染。《数盲》让我们知道：我们忽视了什么？我们将从何做起？ 在充满刺激的关于数的概率的神秘故事的奇闻铁事中，保罗士自如地介入了现代生活的各个层面：从竞选的角逐到运动公的统计，从股票诈骗和报业心理学到节食的医药配方，性别歧视，保险，彩票和药物试验。《数盲》的读者将会领略到一串令人惊讶的事实，一系列有份量的思想，而最重要的是掌握了一个更清晰、更定量化地观察世界的方法。 This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in so...(展开全部)

Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book "Innumeracy", John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin; how big is a trillion; how fast does human hair grow in mph; and, can you calculate the chances that ...(展开全部)

内容简介: 为什么甚至受过良好教育的人，仍然对数学了解得那么少？数盲的代价是什么？1998年约翰·艾伦·保罗士在他著名的畅销书出版时就声称：没有能力来合理地处理大量数据和概率问题，导致我们误传了政府的政策，扰乱了个人的决定，增加了对形形色色伪科学的感染。《数盲》让我们知道：我们忽视了什么？我们将从何做起？ 在充满刺激的关于数的概率的神秘故事的奇闻铁事中，保罗士自如地介入了现代生活的各个层面：从竞选的角逐到运动公的统计，从股票诈骗和报业心理学到节食的医药配方，性别歧视，保险，彩票和药物试验。《数盲》的读者将会领略到一串令人惊讶的事实，一系列有份量的思想，而最重要的是掌握了一个更清晰、更定量化地观察世界的方法。 This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in so...(展开全部)

Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich ...(展开全部)

Individualization argues that we are in the midst of a fundamental change in the nature of society and politics. This change hinges around two processes: globalization and individualization. The book demonstrates that individualization is a structural characteristic of highly differentiated societies, and does not imperil social cohesion, but actually makes it possible. Ulrich ...(展开全部)

Four decades of economic reform have made China one of the most unequal countries in the world – but the impact of this inequality is not just socioeconomic. Love Troubles is the first book to examine the emotional cost of this inequality to the intimate and emotional lives of China's people. Drawing on first-hand ethnographic research among rural migrant factory workers in the...(展开全部)

Noted for its integration of real-world data and case studies, this guide offers sound coverage of the theoretical aspects of mathematical statistics. It demonstrates how and when to use statistical methods, while reinforcing the calculus that readers have already mastered. Presents standard statistical techniques in a mathematical context, allowing the reader to see the underl...(展开全部)

Preface for the 4th edition We are pleased that our text has been sufficiently well received to justify this fourth edition. Students and instructors who use the text like the coupling of the rigorous and structured treatment of probability and statistics with real-world case studies and examples. The users of the book have been helpful in pointing out ways to improve our prese...(展开全部)

Noted for its integration of real-world data and case studies, this text offers sound coverage of the theoretical aspects of mathematical statistics. The authors demonstrate how and when to use statistical methods, while reinforcing the calculus that students have mastered in previous courses. Throughout the Fifth Edition, the authors have added and updated examples and case ...(展开全部)