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Aubrey Clayton, "Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science" (Columbia UP, 2021)

New Books in Mathematics

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The Evolution of Statistics: From Gambling to Social Sciences

This chapter traces the evolution of statistics and probability from their origins in gambling to their significance in social sciences. It highlights Adolphe Quetelet's contributions and emphasizes the role of statistics in understanding societal phenomena through data analysis.

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