Reappearing Book
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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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During the 1960's, one of my father's books that I would occasionally read was "Electronics Made Simple" (Jacobowitz 1958). Jump ahead 4 decades. The daughter of a family friend and her husband were renovating an older house that they recently purchased. Behind some drywall they found some old books packed in, probably for sound insulation. One of the books was "Electronics Made Simple" with my father's name and address written on the inside. The odd thing is no one remembers throwing it out or how it got lost. Presumably the previous home owner recovered books for his use from where they were being discarded or recycled.
Date submitted:Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:16:11 +0000Coincidence ID:8454
