Uncanny Parallel Names

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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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When researching for a book in 1992 on the spiritual care of people with dementia, a hospital librarian left a journal article on my desk; that was written by a music therapist in the USA. The librarain had no information about who my grandmother was, or that she was the principle inspiration for my writing this book. When I looked at the author of the article; the female music therapist had the same first and last names as my grandmother who died in 1990.
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Date submitted:Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:36:43 +0000Coincidence ID:6015