In this follow-up to the author's bestselling classic, -The Lady Tasting Tea, - David Salsburg takes a fresh and insightful look at the history of statistical development by examing errors, blunders and outright lies in many different models taken from a variety of fields including economics, biology, physics and sports.

In this follow-up to the author's bestselling classic, -The Lady Tasting Tea, - David Salsburg takes a fresh and insightful look at the history of statistical development by examing errors, blunders and outright lies in many different models taken from a variety of fields including economics, biology, physics and sports.