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"Gravity's Rainbow", by Thomas Pynchon, has an extended section about the Poisson distribution as applied to falling bombs, maternity wards, etc.: http://books

by Uhhrrr 14y ago

"Gravity's Rainbow", by Thomas Pynchon, has an extended section about the Poisson distribution as applied to falling bombs, maternity wards, etc.: http://books.google.com/books?id=GGPm4I3BbxAC&pg=PT194&lpg=PT194&dq=poisson+distribution+gravitys+rainbow&source=bl&ots=APsLuTKC1F&sig=wUaE1csdIbr744iR-_ZvRVQ1sCo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KBfVULfTI8OFiAKT04CgDw&ved=0CGIQ6AEwBQ http://books.google.com/books?id=GGPm4I3BbxAC&pg=PT194&#... (possibly NSFW)

krymise 14y ago
That book is exactly what I thought of when reading the article. Everyday I learn something new that seems to unlock a section of that novel that was previously opaque.