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Publisher
Sports Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
5th edition.
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 397 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Presents a fact-filled reference guide that features lists, tables, and anecdotes about players, teams, managers, awards, the Hall of Fame, the World Series, and the All Star Game, as well as other pertinent aspects of the game."--
Author
Publisher
The Bridge Street Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
340 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistics are vital in helping us tell stories, we see them in the papers, on social media, and we hear them used in everyday conversation and yet we doubt them more than ever. But numbers, in the right hands, have the power to change the world for the better. Contrary to popular belief, good statistics are not a trick,...
Author
Publisher
Graphics Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Second edition
Physical Desc
197 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
This book deals with the theory and practice in the design of data graphics and makes the point that the most effective way to describe, explore, and summarize a set of numbers is to look at pictures of those numbers, through the use of statistical graphics, charts, and tables. It includes 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis....
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Second edition
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was commonplace. Ian Hacking here presents a philosophical critique of early ideas about probability, induction and statistical inference and the growth of this new family of ideas in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The contemporary debates center around figures...
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Experience mathematics like never before! The characters in this series will whisk you away on a colorful journey through basic mathematical concepts. Does math just make you cringe? Never fear! Learning can be oodles of fun with the... building blocks of math.
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Japan, Europe and Russia, birth rates are shrinking and the population is aging. In parts of India and Africa, more than half of the still growing population is under 25. The world population is now careening in two dramatically different directions.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvi, 350 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter. An environmental scientist, policy analyst, and a hugely prolific author, he is Bill Gates' go-to guy for making sense of our world. In Numbers Don't Lie, Smil answers questions such as: What's worse for the environment--your car or your phone? How much do the world's cows weigh (and what does it matter)? And what makes people happy?"--
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