Practical statistics for astronomers, second edition

Practical Statistics for Astronomers: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-353

  Wall, J V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139031998     Document Type: Book

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