THE THEORY THAT WOULD NOT DIE
How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines and Emerged Triumphant From Two Centuries of Controversy
By Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
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The Signal and the Noise
by Nate Silver
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Facts are Sacred: The Power of Data (Guardian Shorts)
by Simon Rogers
Struck by Lightning: The curious world of probabilities
Jeffrey S Rosenthal
By Stephen Senn
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A Career in Statistics
By Gerald J Hahn and Necip Doganaksoy
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" There is great practical advice and insight in the book, not only from the main authors but from five contributing authors as well,
to give a variety of perspectives. There is also a website that the reader can access to get additional information.
I am often asked by young prospective statisticians what it is like to have a career as a statistician. This book is unique as a text
that provides such guidance. From now on whenever someone asks me about a career in statistics I will point them to this book which I
think addresses their questions and concerns much better than I could with just my personal account."
Michael R. Chernick, Philadelphia
A website with a long list of Popular Statistics Books
While most of these are written for a 'lay' audience, others are just widely read
http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/statistics
Some other sites or books of interest
Ben Goldacre has written Bad Science and Bad Pharma as well as a lot of articles. See
Intuitive Biostatistics (Harvey Motulskey) : http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1037459.Intuitive_Biostatistics