Abraham Wald was a brilliant mathematician who fled Europe on the eve of WWII, when the Nazis took over Austria. In this fascinating account of Wald's statistical analysis work for the USA during the war, the author shows how creative thinking enabled Wald to make recommendations that would incrementally allow the Allies to win the war.
It's fascinating to understand how applied mathematics can help us see the world in a different light, and explain things that would otherwise remain obscure to us.
When faced we a puzzle, we ought to ask ourselves, where are the missing bullet holes?
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