Bill Ardis

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Noise: A Flaw in ...

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

by Daniel Kahneman

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The Grateful Dead FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Greatest Jam Band in History

by Tony Sclafani

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The Analyst, Or, ...

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The Analyst, Or, A Discourse Addressed To An Infidel Mathematician: Wherein It Is Examined Whether The Object, Principles, And Inferences Of The Modern Analysis Are More Distinctly Conceived, Or More Evidently Deduced, Than Religious Mysteries And Poin...

by George Berkeley

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