Book presentation · Le Voci dei Libri
Thursday, 4 June 2026
Devis Bellucci.
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Bollati Boringhieri, 2026
- Date
- Thursday, 4 June 2026
- Time
- 6.30 pm
- Venue
- MAST.Auditorium
- Series
- Le Voci dei Libri
- Publisher
- Bollati Boringhieri, 2026
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When we notice a correlation between two phenomena, we immediately assume a cause-and-effect relationship, even when the link is merely a trick of the mind. Much of the health industry, and other sectors besides, is built on these beliefs.
Devis Bellucci guides us through the pitfalls of statistical analysis: how to guard against the spurious correlations that abound in the media, what clinical trials actually prove, how science defends itself against the vagaries of chance. He also traces the lives of figures who shaped the history of statistics and epidemiology, from Francis Galton to Florence Nightingale.
Devis Bellucci
Physicist, associate professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, where he researches biomaterials for prosthetics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. A writer and science communicator, for Bollati Boringhieri he also wrote Materiali per la vita (2022) and Eppure non doveva affondare (2024).
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