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  1. Spurious correlations
    Author: Vigen, Tyler
    Published: May 2015
    Publisher:  Hachette Books, New York

    "Military intelligence analyst and Harvard Law student Tyler Vigen illustrates the golden rule that "correlation does not equal causation" through hilarious graphs inspired by his viral website. Is there a correlation between Nick Cage films and... more

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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    MAT 721:YD0021
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    Hochschule Anhalt , Hochschulbibliothek
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    MAW 54727
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    Hochschule Mittweida (FH), Hochschulbibliothek
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    Hochschulbibliothek Reutlingen (Lernzentrum)
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    Ps 2-500-46
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    Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Hochschulbibliothek Weingarten
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    "Military intelligence analyst and Harvard Law student Tyler Vigen illustrates the golden rule that "correlation does not equal causation" through hilarious graphs inspired by his viral website. Is there a correlation between Nick Cage films and swimming pool accidents? What about beef consumption and people getting struck by lightning? Absolutely not. But that hasn't stopped millions of people from going to tylervigen.com and asking, "Wait, what?" Vigen has designed software that scours enormous data sets to find unlikely statistical correlations. He began pulling the funniest ones for his website and has since gained millions of views, hundreds of thousands of likes, and tons of media coverage. Subversive and clever, Spurious Correlations is geek humor at its finest, nailing our obsession with data and conspiracy theory"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780316339438
    RVK Categories: CM 4400 ; DF 2000 ; MR 1100 ; MR 2100 ; QH 234 ; SK 850
    Edition: First edition
    Subjects: American wit and humor; Curiosities and wonders
    Scope: XV, 189 Seiten, Illustrationen, 15 x 20 cm
  2. The Lake Gun
    Author: Cooper, James Fenimore
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    In this parable-like short story from American author James Fenimore Cooper, a sage Native American relates the tragic tale of a young upstart named See-wise who bucks tribal tradition and tries to convince his fellow fisherman to flout seasonal... more

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    In this parable-like short story from American author James Fenimore Cooper, a sage Native American relates the tragic tale of a young upstart named See-wise who bucks tribal tradition and tries to convince his fellow fisherman to flout seasonal restrictions on fishing. For this transgression, he is doomed to an eternal punishment

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776587667
    Subjects: Curiosities and wonders ; Fiction; Curiosities and wonders; Seneca Lake (N.Y.) ; Fiction; New York (State) ; Seneca Lake; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (22 p)
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    Title; Contents; Preface; The Lake Gun; Endnotes
  3. The monstrous world
    corporeal discourses in Phlegon of Tralles' Mirabilia
    Author: Doroszewska, Julia
    Published: [2015]; © 2015
    Publisher:  PL Academic Research, Frankfurt am Main

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    Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel
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    66.4594
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9783631656266
    RVK Categories: FH 62953
    Series: Warsaw studies in classical literature and culture ; Volume 4
    Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Monsters
    Other subjects: Phlegon of Tralles: Book of marvels
    Scope: 189 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references (Seite 173-189) and index