Yes, No Or Maybe (Science for Everyone)

Front Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 7
Why and for Whom This Book is Written......Page 9
Uncertainity and Randomness......Page 15
Control......Page 18
Henry Adams Takes a Decision......Page 24
A Glimpse of Criteria......Page 29
Radar......Page 36
Lieklihood Ratio......Page 42
Maybe......Page 45
Compromise......Page 51
Dynamics Instead of Statics......Page 60
Risk......Page 66
The Picky Bride Strategy......Page 72
Quality Management......Page 76
The Mathematical Model......Page 79
Birth Statistics......Page 87
Caution: The Problem reduced to Linear One......Page 92
Solution: Formula or Number......Page 102
Identification of Criminals - Bertillon System......Page 108
Identification of Objects......Page 113
Regression......Page 122
Building Blocks......Page 125
Turning to Geometry......Page 130
Sunrise, Sunset......Page 136
The Nearest......Page 145
The Art of Hope......Page 150
Struggling for a Record......Page 160
Vices of Passiveness......Page 167
The Active Vs. The Passive......Page 174
Who has the Best view......Page 182
Step By Step......Page 188
Where Are Experiments to Be staged?......Page 193
Ways to Success......Page 208
A Helper - the Chance......Page 213
Concluding Remarks......Page 220
Back Cover......Page 228