Apocalypse when? : calculating how long the human race will survive /

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Author / Creator:	Wells, Willard.
Imprint:	Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis, c2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 212 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Springer-Praxis books in popular science Springer-Praxis books in popular science.
Subject:	Human ecology. Human beings -- Effect of environment on. Disaster victims -- Forecasting. Probability measures. Human beings -- Effect of environment on. Human ecology. Probability measures.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8891482

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ISBN:	9780387098371 0387098372 9780387098364 (pbk.) 0387098364 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-208) and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Relies on intuitive probability formulations that are suitable for readers with a modest knowledge of astronomy, mathematics, and statistics. This book explains and gives examples of the conditions under which the author's principle is valid and provides evidence that can counteract the arguments of critics who would reject it entirely.
Other form:	Print version: Wells, Willard. Apocalypse when? Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis, c2009 9780387098364

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