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Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 519.2
Soggetto topico Probabilities
Statistics
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-59352-1
1-84816-763-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Introduction; Introduction to Second Edition; Chapter 1. The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2. Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Inherited Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game - American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3. A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3
Chapter 4. Making Choices and Selections4.1. Children Leaving a Room; 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5. Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch, That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6. Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7. Combining Probabilities: The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon: A Card Game
7.3. The Thrower's Chance of Winning at American CrapsThrowing a "natural"; Setting a "point" of 4 (or 10) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 (or 9) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 6 (or 8) and then winning; Problems 7; Chapter 8. The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice and Crooked Wheels; 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; Probability of a "natural"; Setting a "point"; Setting a "point" of 4 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 and then winning
Setting a "point" of 6 and then winningSetting a "point" of 8 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 9 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 10 and then winning; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9. Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10. The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation; 10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions
10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics10.5.1. Some special numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric light bulbs; 10.8.2. People on trolleys and under-used resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11. Statistics: The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11; Chapter 12. The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks; 12.1. Rare Events
12.2. Typing a Manuscript
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 519.2
Soggetto topico Probabilities
Statistics
ISBN 1-283-59352-1
1-84816-763-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Introduction; Introduction to Second Edition; Chapter 1. The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2. Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Inherited Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game - American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3. A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3
Chapter 4. Making Choices and Selections4.1. Children Leaving a Room; 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5. Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch, That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6. Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7. Combining Probabilities: The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon: A Card Game
7.3. The Thrower's Chance of Winning at American CrapsThrowing a "natural"; Setting a "point" of 4 (or 10) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 (or 9) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 6 (or 8) and then winning; Problems 7; Chapter 8. The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice and Crooked Wheels; 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; Probability of a "natural"; Setting a "point"; Setting a "point" of 4 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 and then winning
Setting a "point" of 6 and then winningSetting a "point" of 8 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 9 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 10 and then winning; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9. Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10. The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation; 10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions
10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics10.5.1. Some special numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric light bulbs; 10.8.2. People on trolleys and under-used resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11. Statistics: The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11; Chapter 12. The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks; 12.1. Rare Events
12.2. Typing a Manuscript
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press
Materiale a stampa
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Everyday probability and statistics : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Everyday probability and statistics : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Edizione [2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (289 p.)
Disciplina 519.2
Soggetto topico Probabilities
Statistics
ISBN 1-283-59352-1
1-84816-763-6
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Introduction; Introduction to Second Edition; Chapter 1. The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2. Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Inherited Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game - American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3. A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3
Chapter 4. Making Choices and Selections4.1. Children Leaving a Room; 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5. Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch, That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6. Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7. Combining Probabilities: The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon: A Card Game
7.3. The Thrower's Chance of Winning at American CrapsThrowing a "natural"; Setting a "point" of 4 (or 10) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 (or 9) and then winning; Setting a "point" of 6 (or 8) and then winning; Problems 7; Chapter 8. The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice and Crooked Wheels; 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; Probability of a "natural"; Setting a "point"; Setting a "point" of 4 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 5 and then winning
Setting a "point" of 6 and then winningSetting a "point" of 8 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 9 and then winning; Setting a "point" of 10 and then winning; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9. Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10. The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation; 10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions
10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics10.5.1. Some special numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric light bulbs; 10.8.2. People on trolleys and under-used resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11. Statistics: The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11; Chapter 12. The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks; 12.1. Rare Events
12.2. Typing a Manuscript
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (236 p.)
Disciplina 519.2
519.5
Soggetto topico Probabilities
Statistics
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-86578-8
9786611865788
1-84816-033-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2 Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Dependent Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game -American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3 A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3; Chapter 4 Making Choices and Selections
4.1. Children Leaving a Room 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5 Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch - That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6 Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7 Combining Probabilities; The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon -A Card Game; 7.3. The Throwers Chance of Winning at American Craps; Problems 7
Chapter 8 The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice, and Crooked Wheels 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9 Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10 The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation
10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions 10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics; 10.5.1. Some Special Numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of Numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric Light Bulbs; 10.8.2. People on Trolleys and Under-Used Resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11 Statistics-The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11
Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks 12.1. Rare Events; 12.2. Typing a Manuscript; 12.3. The Poisson Distribution as a Formula; 12.4. Death by Horse Kicks; 12.5. Some Other Examples of the Poisson Distribution; 12.5.1. Flying Bomb Attacks on London; 12.5.2. Clustering of a Disease; 12.5.3. Some Further Examples; Problems 12; Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns; 13.1. Election Polls; 13.2. Polling Statistics; 13.3. Combining Polling Samples; 13.4. Polling with More than Two Parties; 13.5. Factors Affecting Polls and Voting; Problems 13
Chapter 14 Taking Samples-How Many Fish in the Pond?
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Everyday probability and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (236 p.)
Disciplina 519.2
519.5
Soggetto topico Probabilities
Statistics
ISBN 1-281-86578-8
9786611865788
1-84816-033-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2 Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Dependent Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game -American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3 A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3; Chapter 4 Making Choices and Selections
4.1. Children Leaving a Room 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5 Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch - That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6 Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7 Combining Probabilities; The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon -A Card Game; 7.3. The Throwers Chance of Winning at American Craps; Problems 7
Chapter 8 The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice, and Crooked Wheels 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9 Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10 The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation
10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions 10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics; 10.5.1. Some Special Numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of Numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric Light Bulbs; 10.8.2. People on Trolleys and Under-Used Resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11 Statistics-The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11
Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks 12.1. Rare Events; 12.2. Typing a Manuscript; 12.3. The Poisson Distribution as a Formula; 12.4. Death by Horse Kicks; 12.5. Some Other Examples of the Poisson Distribution; 12.5.1. Flying Bomb Attacks on London; 12.5.2. Clustering of a Disease; 12.5.3. Some Further Examples; Problems 12; Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns; 13.1. Election Polls; 13.2. Polling Statistics; 13.3. Combining Polling Samples; 13.4. Polling with More than Two Parties; 13.5. Factors Affecting Polls and Voting; Problems 13
Chapter 14 Taking Samples-How Many Fish in the Pond?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782268303321
Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Everyday probability and statistics : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Everyday probability and statistics : health, elections, gambling and war / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (236 p.)
Disciplina 519.2
519.5
Soggetto topico Probabilities
Statistics
ISBN 1-281-86578-8
9786611865788
1-84816-033-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Nature of Probability; 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech; 1.2. Spinning a Coin; 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects; Problems 1; Chapter 2 Combining Probabilities; 2.1. Either-or Probability; 2.2. Both-and Probability; 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease - Just Gene Dependent; 2.4. Genetically Dependent Disease - Gender Dependent; 2.5. A Dice Game -American Craps; Problems 2; Chapter 3 A Day at the Races; 3.1. Kinds of Probability; 3.2. Betting on a Horse; 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter; Problem 3; Chapter 4 Making Choices and Selections
4.1. Children Leaving a Room 4.2. Picking a Team; 4.3. Choosing an Email Username; 4.4. The UK National Lottery; Problems 4; Chapter 5 Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability; 5.1. The Birthday Problem; 5.2. Crown and Anchor; 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch - That is the Question; Problems 5; Chapter 6 Probability and Health; 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment; 6.2. Testing Drugs; Problems 6; Chapter 7 Combining Probabilities; The Craps Game Revealed; 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine; 7.2. Pontoon -A Card Game; 7.3. The Throwers Chance of Winning at American Craps; Problems 7
Chapter 8 The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice, and Crooked Wheels 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness; 8.2. Testing Random Numbers; 8.3. The UK National Lottery; 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice; 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die; 8.6. The Roulette Wheel; Problems 8; Chapter 9 Block Diagrams; 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything; 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer; 9.3. Histogram Shapes; 9.4. Lofty and Shorty; Problem 9; Chapter 10 The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution; 10.1. Probability Distributions; 10.2. The Normal Distribution; 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation
10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions 10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics; 10.5.1. Some Special Numbers; 10.5.2. Powers of Numbers; 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution; 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors; 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution; 10.8.1. Electric Light Bulbs; 10.8.2. People on Trolleys and Under-Used Resources; Problems 10; Chapter 11 Statistics-The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data; 11.1. Too Much Information; 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance; 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics; Problems 11
Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks 12.1. Rare Events; 12.2. Typing a Manuscript; 12.3. The Poisson Distribution as a Formula; 12.4. Death by Horse Kicks; 12.5. Some Other Examples of the Poisson Distribution; 12.5.1. Flying Bomb Attacks on London; 12.5.2. Clustering of a Disease; 12.5.3. Some Further Examples; Problems 12; Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns; 13.1. Election Polls; 13.2. Polling Statistics; 13.3. Combining Polling Samples; 13.4. Polling with More than Two Parties; 13.5. Factors Affecting Polls and Voting; Problems 13
Chapter 14 Taking Samples-How Many Fish in the Pond?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814707003321
Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press, c2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina 523.2
Soggetto topico Stars
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-86763-2
9786611867638
1-86094-841-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ch. 1. Theories come and theories go -- ch. 2. Measuring atoms and the universe -- ch. 3. Greek offerings -- ch. 4. The shoulders of giants -- ch. 5. A voyage of discovery to the solar system -- ch. 6. The problem to be solved -- ch. 7. The French connection -- ch. 8. American Catherine-Wheels -- ch. 9. British big tides -- ch. 10. Russian could capture-with British help -- ch. 11. German vortices-with a little French help -- ch. 12. McCrea's floccules -- ch. 13. What earlier theories indicate -- ch. 14. Disks around new stars -- ch. 15. Planets around other stars -- ch. 16. Disks around older stars -- ch. 17. What a theory should explain now -- ch. 18. The new Solar Nebula theory: the angular momentum problem -- ch. 19. Making planets top-down -- ch. 20. A bottom-up alternative -- ch. 21. Making planets faster -- ch. 22. Wandering planets -- ch. 23. Back to top-down -- ch. 24. This is the stuff that stars are made of -- ch. 25. Making dense cool clouds -- ch. 26. A star is born -- ch. 27. Close to the maddening crowd -- ch. 28. Close encounters of the stellar kind -- ch. 29. Ever decreasing circles -- ch. 30. How many planetary systems? -- ch. 31. Starting a family -- ch. 32. Tilting-but not as windmills -- ch. 33. The terrestrial planets raise problems! -- ch. 34. A British Bang theory: the earth and Venus -- ch. 35. Behold the wandering moon -- ch. 36. Fleet Mercury and warlike Mars -- ch. 37. Gods of the sea and the nether regions -- ch. 38. Bits and pieces -- ch. 39. Comets-the harbingers of doom! -- ch. 40. Making atoms with a biggish bang -- ch. 41. Is the capture theory valid?
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina 523.2
Soggetto topico Stars
ISBN 1-281-86763-2
9786611867638
1-86094-841-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ch. 1. Theories come and theories go -- ch. 2. Measuring atoms and the universe -- ch. 3. Greek offerings -- ch. 4. The shoulders of giants -- ch. 5. A voyage of discovery to the solar system -- ch. 6. The problem to be solved -- ch. 7. The French connection -- ch. 8. American Catherine-Wheels -- ch. 9. British big tides -- ch. 10. Russian could capture-with British help -- ch. 11. German vortices-with a little French help -- ch. 12. McCrea's floccules -- ch. 13. What earlier theories indicate -- ch. 14. Disks around new stars -- ch. 15. Planets around other stars -- ch. 16. Disks around older stars -- ch. 17. What a theory should explain now -- ch. 18. The new Solar Nebula theory: the angular momentum problem -- ch. 19. Making planets top-down -- ch. 20. A bottom-up alternative -- ch. 21. Making planets faster -- ch. 22. Wandering planets -- ch. 23. Back to top-down -- ch. 24. This is the stuff that stars are made of -- ch. 25. Making dense cool clouds -- ch. 26. A star is born -- ch. 27. Close to the maddening crowd -- ch. 28. Close encounters of the stellar kind -- ch. 29. Ever decreasing circles -- ch. 30. How many planetary systems? -- ch. 31. Starting a family -- ch. 32. Tilting-but not as windmills -- ch. 33. The terrestrial planets raise problems! -- ch. 34. A British Bang theory: the earth and Venus -- ch. 35. Behold the wandering moon -- ch. 36. Fleet Mercury and warlike Mars -- ch. 37. Gods of the sea and the nether regions -- ch. 38. Bits and pieces -- ch. 39. Comets-the harbingers of doom! -- ch. 40. Making atoms with a biggish bang -- ch. 41. Is the capture theory valid?
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The formation of the solar system : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
The formation of the solar system : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina 523.2
Soggetto topico Stars
ISBN 1-281-86763-2
9786611867638
1-86094-841-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ch. 1. Theories come and theories go -- ch. 2. Measuring atoms and the universe -- ch. 3. Greek offerings -- ch. 4. The shoulders of giants -- ch. 5. A voyage of discovery to the solar system -- ch. 6. The problem to be solved -- ch. 7. The French connection -- ch. 8. American Catherine-Wheels -- ch. 9. British big tides -- ch. 10. Russian could capture-with British help -- ch. 11. German vortices-with a little French help -- ch. 12. McCrea's floccules -- ch. 13. What earlier theories indicate -- ch. 14. Disks around new stars -- ch. 15. Planets around other stars -- ch. 16. Disks around older stars -- ch. 17. What a theory should explain now -- ch. 18. The new Solar Nebula theory: the angular momentum problem -- ch. 19. Making planets top-down -- ch. 20. A bottom-up alternative -- ch. 21. Making planets faster -- ch. 22. Wandering planets -- ch. 23. Back to top-down -- ch. 24. This is the stuff that stars are made of -- ch. 25. Making dense cool clouds -- ch. 26. A star is born -- ch. 27. Close to the maddening crowd -- ch. 28. Close encounters of the stellar kind -- ch. 29. Ever decreasing circles -- ch. 30. How many planetary systems? -- ch. 31. Starting a family -- ch. 32. Tilting-but not as windmills -- ch. 33. The terrestrial planets raise problems! -- ch. 34. A British Bang theory: the earth and Venus -- ch. 35. Behold the wandering moon -- ch. 36. Fleet Mercury and warlike Mars -- ch. 37. Gods of the sea and the nether regions -- ch. 38. Bits and pieces -- ch. 39. Comets-the harbingers of doom! -- ch. 40. Making atoms with a biggish bang -- ch. 41. Is the capture theory valid?
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Woolfson M. M  
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Materials, matter & particles [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history / / Michael M. Woolfson
Materials, matter & particles [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history / / Michael M. Woolfson
Autore Woolfson M. M
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, : Imperial College Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (ix, 316 p. ) : ill. (some col.)
Disciplina 530
Soggetto topico Matter - History
Substance (Philosophy)
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-282-76001-7
9786612760013
1-84816-461-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The Elements of Nature; Early Ideas of the Nature of Matter; The Quest for Gold and Eternal Life; The Beginning of Chemistry; Modern Chemistry is Born; Nineteenth Century Chemistry; Atoms Have Structure; Radioactivity and the Nuclear Atom; Some Early 20th Century Physics; What is a Nucleus Made of?; Electrons in Atoms; The New Mechanics; Electrons and Chemistry; Electron Spin and the Exclusion Principle; Isotopes; The Processes of Radioactivity and More Particles; Making Atoms, Explosions and Power; Observing Matter on a Small Scale; Living Matter; Life at the Atomic Level; Materials from Ancient Tmes; Some Modern Materials; The Fantasy World of Particles; How Matter Began; Making Heavier Elements.
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Woolfson M. M  
London, : Imperial College Press, c2010
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