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I recently acquired How to Lie With Statistics, which, at one time anyway, was categorized as 311. I haven't read it yet. The books I have read in the 380s, An Alphabetical Life and 21 Dog Years, were just OK--not great.
I second the recommendation for Wonderful Life, especially if you ... How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff Why one should be very careful when studying graphs, with an application to oil prices.
Further reading.
Caveat Lector! ... Ayatollah and I have discovered through the Angel Camus that the Crime of Galileo was not one of science, nor did he Lie with Statistics, or lay with the previously rmentioned Devoted Ladies. His crime was that he pointed to the stars and planets with his middle finger*, a gesture the Go ... Assembled from the lists of Dukedom_Enough, Charbutton & depressaholic's random books lists
Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons
World soul by Mikhail Tikhonovich Emtsev
Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.
Pacific Edge: Three Californias (Wild Shore Triptych) by Kim Stanley Ro ... ... not sure where secondary school maths would go - say a basic introduction to statistics (or even a popular book such as How To Lie With Statistics).
Teacher's material and problems are in
Mathematics > Mathematics education > Educational material and media. Educational technology > Teac ... How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
Women Don't Ask by Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever
Ask for it by Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever
Talk, Talk: A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grownups by E. L. Konigsburg
Dave Barry Talks Back ... Gaiman
2. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
3. The Nanny Diaries
4. Keeper's Child by Leslie Davis
5. Immodest Acts
6. How to Lie with Statistics
7. The French Historical Revolution by Peter Burke
8. Pergamentkunst (two volumes)
Eragon, Eldest
How to Lie with Statistics
Theology 5/8
--Phoenix at Coventry by Sir Basil Spence
--Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers
--Fire in Coventry
--Believing Three Ways
--The Bible - The Biography
Needlework 5/8
--A Manual of Fingerweavi ... 21. Medicine for Mountaineering
22. How to Lie With Statistics
23. Stone Butch Blues ... ;-) again. Maybe also whatever was the first published fiction for the concept of storybook (the bible? ;-) again?)
How to lie with statistics if you haven't read this go and do so. It's very easy, no maths at all, and you'll never look at a newspaper in the same light.
888 Challenge
Most of these I’ll read in an attempt to whittle down my Library of Congress and Dewey Challenges. Remember, these are goals. I tend to be a bit more eclectic in my readings-this is exacerbated by the fact that I'm a librarian and have constant access to new books in all these ... ... Age of Mankind
GR: Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts
GT: Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book
GV: The 2oz Backpacker
HA -- How to Lie With Statistics
HF -- Contesting Global Governance
HM -- Small Groups
HN -- Social Movements and Culture
HQ -- Uppity Women of Medieval Times
**HV -- ... ... through Children's literature
GF Language Older than Words
H The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences
HA How to Lie with Statistics
HC A Farewell to Alms
HD The American Way of Death Revisited
HE Entertaining Politics
HJ The Price of Government
HS Nazis, Communist ... There's Darrell Huff's How to lie with statistics which is/was quite famous though a bit dated now. However this probably a bit more popularist than you'd find helpful for scientific research. Its great fro looking at newspaper figures and promotional campaigns though. ... counted.
Background reading: there's lots but the trouble with science by Robin Dunbar isn't a bad place to start. How to lie with statistics by Darrell Huff is very useful when looking at common media reports about "scientific" discoveries.
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