name coincidence - real life imitating fiction
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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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Over 50 years ago, when I was about 9 years old, my uncle gave me, Ruth Haley, a copy of Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome. It was inscribed "To Ruth, or should I say Nancy !". When asked to explain what this meant, my uncle merely told me to read the book. I found that the leader of the Amazons was called Ruth Blackett, but she disliked the name so she called herself Nancy instead. Some 15 years later I married David Blackett, thereby becoming Ruth Blackett. ( But I've never felt the urge to call myself Nancy ! )
Date submitted:Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:15:52 +0000Coincidence ID:5626
