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Regression to the mean is a powerful and common source of bias in interpreting data. Once understood, its potential to mislead is obvious. Yet many scientists are regularly fooled by it. In this blog I shall try explain it.
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My new book “Programming in Parallel with CUDA – A Practical Guide” was born out of the excitement I feel about computing with GPUs. I have always had passion for science and computer programming. I wrote my first program in 1964 for the Cambridge EDSAC II computer using a Fortran like programming language. Since then, […]
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For every tourist in Cambridge, there are some must-see spots like King’s College chapel, the Mathematical Bridge at Queens‘ College, and, certainly, the apple tree at Trinity College.
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In his 1597 play ‘Romeo and Juliet’, William Shakespeare narrates the tragic story of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The two young persons are in love, but their families are engaged in a blood feud. The consequences were tragic. The imposition of statistics in medicine evokes similarly strong emotions. The animosity may not be as […]
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'Conformal Blocks, Generalized Theta Functions and the Verlinde Formula' author Shrawan Kumar details his mathematical career and what he values in mathematical literature.
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What does it mean for a sequence of 0s and 1s to be random? One way to answer this question is to use tools from mathematical logic, specifically computability theory: a sequence is random if it contains no regularities that can be detected by an idealized computer that has no time or space limitations.
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Debate concerning anachronism has long vexed historical interpretation. Forms of anachronism are often declared the greatest failure, almost a moral sin, that a historian can commit. Yet, many have spoken in favor of anachronism, considering it either as an inevitable, or even as a desirable feature of an historical work.
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By Graham Robertson Senior Marketing Executive, Cambridge University Press How much do you know about the influence of mathematics and statistics? April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, so we thought we would share a quick snapshot… You probably know that secure online shopping and private messaging on your mobile or cell phone would not […]
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