“William Briggs, the civilized world’s most amusing statistician.” Roger Kimball, author of The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia, The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness […]
Preface to Uncertainty: The Soul of Modeling, Probability & Statistics
The book is now at a 15% discount at Amazon (I apologize for the price). Buy today. And buy again tomorrow! This will be linked permanently on the book’s official page. Springer […]
Uncertainty: Foreword by Steven Goldberg
Steve Goldberg was president of the sociology department at City College of New York (CCNY) from 1988 until his retirement (back when they knew how to do sociology). He is the author […]
The Great Day Is Here! Uncertainty Meets The World
The Great Day—the Day yearned for by all humanity, or at least weakly anticipated by you, Dear Reader—has arrived! Let the trumpet sound and celebration begin! The release of Uncertainty: The Soul […]
Book Update — Uncertainty & Breaking The Law Of Averages
I’ll have the page proofs for Uncertainty mid week and I’ve until 10 June to turn them back in. (I begin teaching on the 13th.) This puts publication in early July. They […]
Stream: Why Letting Government Control Money Is Killing our Economy
Today’s post is at the Stream: Why Letting Government Control Money Is Killing our Economy. Or, George Gilder’s The Scandal of Money reviewed. Some snippets: What is money? Why is letting government […]
The Theology of Science-fiction: Some SF “Gospels”—guest post by Bob Kurland
Be sure to visit Bob’s main site, Reflections of a Catholic Scientist. Note: this article originally during Lent, 2015. …when I was not prey to the temptations of this world, I devoted […]
The Pope’s Favorite Novel: Lord of the World
Many have said Lord of the World is the Pope’s favorite book. Given today’s curious state of the Pope and the Church, there might be insights to gain from examining the story. […]
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