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Jason Makansi

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in Wilmington DE, The United States

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	Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means To You 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moment Before: A Novel 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Painting by Numbers: How to sharpen your BS detector and smoke out the "experts" really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Painting By Numbers: How to sharpen your BS detector and smoke out the "experts" by Jason Makansi (Goodreads Author), Elena Makansi (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mizna: Prose, Poetry, and Art Exploring Arab America (Vol 7, Issue 1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrequiem at the Red Rocks: A Novel of Brutalist Satire and Futile Gestures really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	An Investor's Guide to the Electricity Economy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley (Vol 4, Issue 2) by Jason Makansi (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Susan Swartwout (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marginalia (Volume 2, Issue 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What Debussy, data mining and modeling have in common…

…and when is data mining and analysis just a sophisticated, math-laden opinion?

I like to draw insight from juxtapositions. Yesterday, I listened to half a dozen academic presentations on modeling and data mining aimed at understanding the impact of extreme weather on global communities. As you might imagine, these exercises require large data sets, bold [...]

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A group dedicated to reading and discussing a wide range of books that are not on the best sellers lists but should be. Books will include writers who ...more

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