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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Pearl, Judea, author. | Mackenzie, Dana, author.
Title: The book of why : the new science of cause and effect / Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie.
Description: New York : Basic Books, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017056458 (print) | LCCN 2018005510 (ebook) | ISBN 9780465097616 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780465097609 (hardcover) | ISBN 046509760X (hardcover) | ISBN 0465097618 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Causation. | Inference.
Classification: LCC Q175.32.C38 (ebook) | LCC Q175.32.C38 P43 2018 (print) | DDC 501—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056458
ISBNs: 978-0-465-09760-9 (hardcover); 978-0-465-09761-6 (ebook)
E3-20180417-JV-PC