«IMPROBABLE»的英语 引用
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improbable的知名引用和例句
The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
It's far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.
Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.
Really, some of the best 'X-Files' stories come right out of science. And you just apply that 'what-if' idea. Oh, what if this were true? And that's why so many times the show is scarier because it was not necessarily improbable.
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly
Improbable
In this revelatory book, Taleb explains everything we know about what we don’t know, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, “On Robustness and Fragility,” which offers tools to navigate and exploit a ...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb,
2007
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A Very
Improbable Story
Waking up one morning to find a talking cat on his head, Ethan is informed that the cat will not leave until he - Ethan - wins a game of probability.
Edward Arthur Einhorn,
2008
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Climbing Mount
Improbable
Climbing Mount Improbable is a book of great impact and skill, written by the most prominent Darwinian of our age.
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The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly ...
In this revelatory book, Taleb explains everything we know about what we don’t know, and this second edition features a new philosophical and empirical essay, “On Robustness and Fragility,” which offers tools to navigate and exploit a ...
Nassim Nicholas Taleb,
2010
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An
Improbable War?: The Outbreak of World War I and European ...
The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ...
Holger Afflerbach, David Stevenson,
2012
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This is
Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens ...
Marc Abrahams, the mind behind the internationally renowned Ig Nobel Prizes, is on a mission: to gather the bizarre, the questionable, the brilliant, the downright funny, the profound – everything improbable – from the annals of science ...
Unsure whether he's perceiving an alternate reality or suffering a psychotic breakdown, Caine embarks on a journey that stretches beyond the possible into the world of the improbable.
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OK: The
Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Allan Metcalf, a renowned popular writer on language, here traces the evolution of America's most popular word, writing with brevity and wit, and ranging across American history with colorful portraits of the nooks and crannies in which OK ...
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Choosing Death: The
Improbable History of Death Metal & ...
This book conquers the lofty task of telling the two-decade-long history of this underground art form through the eyes and ringing ears of those who propelled the movement.
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Mission
Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster
How do governments and corporations deal with these sorts of catastrophes? In this provocative book, Lee Clarke examines how institutions build contingency plans for the grim but often very real potential massive disaster.
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The Improbable War
The wall was made from the faces of the dead. Their souls rested deep inside it, powering the great probability engine at its core. It started as a ... «Popular Science, 七月 15»
Nieuwenhuis improbable hero after 3-homer game
New York. Kirk Nieuwenhuis has learned not to take anything for granted, especially after the roller coaster ride this season has been. «Albany Times Union, 七月 15»
As I See It: The Improbable Conference
Where IT is concerned, the United States has functioned as a nurselog for India's booming IT sector. Soon after American management ... «IT Jungle, 七月 15»
Dropping Cats for Science: That's Improbable!
That's Improbable! is MedPage Today's weekly roundup of clinically, um, relevant finds atImprobable Research, which awards the Ig Nobel ... «MedPage Today, 七月 15»
Tuesday's All-Star Game represents yet another improbable Royals …
Have a seat in the wayback machine to mid-September 2014, ancient history now for the Royals, before the euphoria of October redefined the ... «Kansas City Star, 七月 15»
Marla Ridenour: LeBron James' essay a year ago started …
But even the 105-97 loss, after which the Warriors celebrated their first championship in 40 years, could not obscure the Cavs' improbable ... «Akron Beacon Journal, 七月 15»
Leone, Lulay heroic in Lions' improbable OT win over Riders
BC Lions #11 Alex Hoffman-Ellis runs down the field after intercepting a pass from the Saskatchewan Roughriders in a regular season CFL ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, 七月 15»
Teen Wolf renewed for sixth season of increasingly improbable …
MTV has announced that it's renewing its supernatural drama Teen Wolf for a sixth season, boldly defying the passage of time and its efforts to ... «A.V. Club, 七月 15»
John Daly, Constantino Rocca and the Most Improbable British …
They were consummate outsiders. Neither looked like an athlete; both struggled to be taken seriously even as golfers. John Daly, 29, and ... «Golf.com, 七月 15»
The Improbable Return Of Texas Rangers' Starting Pitcher Matt …
In January of 2013, Matt Harrison signed a five-year $55 million contract extension with the Texas Rangers. But after cashing in on an ... «Nolan Writin', 七月 15»