by Steven J. Gould
From the Web: Stephen Jay Gould was an influential evolutionary biologist who taught at
Harvard University. He was the author of at least ten popular books on
evolution, and science, including, among others, The Flamingo's
Smile, The Mismeasure of Man, Wonderful
Life, and Full House.
Gould's The Median Isn't the Message
is the wisest, most humane thing ever written about cancer and statistics.
It is the antidote both to those who say that, "the statistics don't
matter," and to those who have the unfortunate habit of pronouncing death
sentences on patients who face a difficult prognosis. Anyone who
researches the medical literature will confront the statistics for their
disease. Anyone who reads this will be armed with reason and with hope.
PDF of Gould's classic article
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