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Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods in Applied Statistics
Cambridge University Press 1986; US$ 57.00This collection of papers contains contributions showing the use of the maximum entropy method in many of the fields in which it finds application. more...
Never Shower in a Thunderstorm
Henry Holt and Co. 2007; US$ 7.99The New York Times's intrepid health reporter investigates the truth about sex, eating, exercise, and other health conundrums For more than two years, the New York Times's science and health columnist Anahad O'Connor has tracked down the facts, fictions, and occasional fuzziness of old wives' tales, conventional-wisdom cures, and... more...
The Indispensable Book of Useless Information
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 12.95Nothing you'll ever need to know is in this book The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues to prove that there are plenty of things in this world no one needs to know about. Why bother learning that... * Poland sells a drink called Fart Juice? * ATMs in Vatican City are in Latin? * a two-year-old learns about ten new words... more...
The New York Times Presents Smarter by Sunday
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 24.99A handy, smaller, and more focused version of our popular New York Times knowledge books?organized by weekends and topic Fell asleep during history class in high school when World War II was covered? Learned the table of elements at one time but have forgotten it since ? Always wondered who really invented the World Wide Web? Here is the... more...
The Second Book of General Ignorance
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 19.95From the brains behind The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. The original Book of General Ignorance was published in 2006. It has since been translated into twenty-six... more...
God and Logic in Islam
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 78.00Investigates central role of reason in Islamic intellectual life, predicting rationalism will be vital to revival of Islamic intellectual culture. more...
A Brief History of Tim
Ebury Publishing 2011; US$ 13.34Rather than explaining our origins, A Brief History of Tim addresses our history and culture at the level we most deeply desire - the trivial. By simply removing one letter, the world is tweaked with immensely enjoyable results: For those who think contemporary art is a load of rubbish, there's the Tat Modern. Find out about the Ancient... more...
Golf List Mania!
Running Press 2011; US$ 15.00From Best Courses to Biggest Chokes, Most Underrated to Worst-Dressed Golfers, Golf List Mania! includes 120 lists that will inform and entertain. Includes contributions by personalities including Jack Nicklaus, David Feherty, and more, plus a Foreword by Jim Nantz. Why you'll enjoy this book: 5. Contributions from famous golf writers. You'll... more...
mental_floss: The Book
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 14.99The geniuses at mental_floss are back with mental_floss: The Book , a funny, surprising, fact-packed compendium of more than 200 of the Greatest Lists in the History of Listory. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the award-winning mental_floss magazine, authors Will Pearson, Mangesh Hattikudur, and Ethan Trex offer a cornucopia of additive, edifying,... more...
The Super Book of Useless Information
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 11.99Faster than a speeding bullet, more useless than ever before. The #1 New York Times bestselling series reaches new heights of irrelevance with this powerfully pointless, all-new collection of the things you never need to know. Do you actually care that... there are three feet of DNA in every cell? Saturn has 47 moons? March... more...









