Yes, no, or maybe (Science for every one)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Why and for Whom This BookIs Written......Page 6
Uncertainty and Randomness......Page 12
Control......Page 16
Henry Adams Takes a Decision......Page 22
A Glimpse of Criteria......Page 24
Radar......Page 32
Likelihood Ratio......Page 38
Maybe......Page 40
Compromise......Page 46
Dynamics Instead of Statics......Page 56
Risk......Page 62
The Picky Bride Strategy......Page 68
Quality Management......Page 72
The Mathematical Model......Page 74
Birth Statistics......Page 82
Caution: the Problem Reduced to a Linear One......Page 88
Solution: Formula or Number?......Page 98
Identification of Criminals — Bertillon System......Page 104
Identification of Objects......Page 108
Regression......Page 118
Building Blocks......Page 120
Turning to Geometry......Page 126
Sunrise, Sunset. . .......Page 132
The Nearest......Page 140
The Art of Hope......Page 146
Struggling for a Record......Page 156
Vices of Passiveness......Page 162
The Active vs the Passive......Page 170
Who Has the Best View?......Page 178
Step by Step......Page 184
Where Are Experiments to Be Staged?......Page 188
Ways to Success......Page 204
A Helper—the Chance......Page 208
Concluding Remarks......Page 216
Back Cover......Page 218