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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
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"Secretly, I am a data whore and love geeking out with numbers. I just try not to admit to it. It's hard enough that I'm Asian! I can't wait to read this book to find out how the quantitative geek shall inherit the Earth :)"
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
2 recommendations
"I'm not a crazy baseball fan, but this book communicates the world of baseball very well. Lewis has a talent for giving you access to other worlds: baseball, Wall Street, and so on. It deals with the apparent paradox of the Oakland A's success in the 1990s and early years of the new millennium. The A's had one of the lowest ratios of total player salaries to wins in the league and they accomplis..."
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
5 recommendations
"Every couple of years, I come across a book that really opens my eyes by either introducing me to new ideas or helps me synthesize known but unintegrated ideas into larger/new paradigms (yes, I agree that is a much abused/overused word but it also happens to be the right word here, imho). Recently, I finished Nassim Nicholas Taleb's 2nd edition of Fooled by Randomness: the Role of Chance in th..."
Minitab 16 - Academic Software Discounts | OnTheHub eStore
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"This website is offering 6 and 12month rentals of Minitab 16 for students and faculty at any academic institution worldwide (with some exceptions of course). This is the latest edition of the product. They also offer a free trial and a deeply discounted perpetual version. If you are a student, and need this prod you should totally check it out."
www.bis.org
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"The website of the Bank of International Settlements, the bank of banks and the place Central Banks air all their dirty laundry about the amount of shit we're in, albeit buried in PDF balance sheets. Thrill to the site of a rising tide of Credit Default Swaps as they quintuple in value in the past five years to become the world's hottest derivatives asset class -- and the ticking time bomb that wi..."
If the World Were a Village: A Book about the World's People by David Smith & Shelagh Armstrong
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"Children and adults love this book - it is an excellent resource when trying to understand various global concepts. It takes the population of the world and scales it down to 100 - Did you know that if the world were a village only seven people would be able to access the internet to read this right now?"
Open Learning - Openlearn - The Open University
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"Free university course material from The Open University. Everything is published under a Creative Commons licence so it's free to use and reuse. View the topics available through the LearningSpace link."
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
1 recommendation
"THE classic reference for statistical graphics, charts, tables, and the design of data graphics. An indispensable reference that should be within arms reach for scientists, engineers, graphic designers, and anyone who needs to present complex information graphically. Free yourself from the tyranny of Excel's default chart settings!"
Amazon: The Visual Miscellaneum - A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia by David McCandless
1 recommendation
"Such pretty data. These statistically inspired graphics generated are the quintessence of infotainment. Visual learners rejoice !"
StatCounter: Free Invisible Web tracker, Hit Counter and Web Stats
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"Sometimes free with web development programs means something that is hard to grasp and too technical. StatCounter is easy and so feature-rich you'll be amazed it's free."
