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2013 May 27

Thinking Statistically

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Thinking Statistically by Uri Bram

This was an easy quick read. Read it complete on the train in two hours. If you ever had a statistics class, then read it. My statistics was so long ago, but the book was still easy to grasp. It is not a in depth review of mathematics of statistics, but puts the concepts back in your head.

2013 May 27  
john  
2013 May 27

The Stone Monkey An Alternative, Chinese Scientific, Reality

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The Stone Monkey: An Alternative, Chinese-Scientific, Reality

Read this book back in 1982. Found an old copy this week. Will give it another shot.

The book seems to get a strange spectrum of reviews from love it to hate it. Can't seem to find much else about it online.

I do remember from 30 years ago being fascinated with some of the insights. The possibility that Cadillacs replaced dinosaurs, and other such imagery.

2013 May 27  
john  
2013 Apr 30

5 Minds For The Future

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I recently read "5 Minds for the Future" (Gardner, Howard. 5 Minds for the Future. Harvard Business Review Press 2008 ) by Howard Gardner. This page is just my notes and outline of ideas I read.

I see it as 5 types of Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Attitudes that he feels are essential in order for someone to be productive, in demand, and enjoy life. He calls these things "minds". The 5 minds he identifies are

2013 Apr 30  
john  
2013 Jan 06

The Joy of X, A guided tour of Math....

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The Joy of X, A guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven Strogatz.

Found this book by accident. An interesting and easy read. So far through a couple chapters and it has been a good review in how to think mathematically without too much reliance on equations.

2013 Jan 06  
john  

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