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    Coin flip probabilities and relevance

    I saw this thread at the top of a Google search, so I thought it might be worth an illustration of why the OP's logic doesn't hold up. I used Excel to create 104 sets of 400 "coin flips." By the OP's logic, if the first 200 flips in each set tended to be more heads or more tails, the second...
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    I would like your opinions please: the best biography of Einstein?

    Thanks for all the thoughts so far! Clearly, there are some excellent books out there that cover overlapping yet possibly different aspects of his life and work. And the idea about reading his original works is a good addition. I'm kinda going for both the "what would it feel like...
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    I would like your opinions please: the best biography of Einstein?

    thanks for the recommendation! It seems like a very fine book. Anyone else? Here's a couple others, for anyone who is interested: These seem particularly good as well: Albert Einstein: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) by Alice Calaprice and Trevor Lipscombe Einstein...
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    I would like your opinions please: the best biography of Einstein?

    Light on math, heavy on the man. Strangely, a search of these forums revealed no topics dedicated to this question. It would be swell to put yer thoughts in one place for me or anyone. What would you recommend? THANKS!
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