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Benford's law: Theory and application edited by Steven J. Miller, pp. 464, $52.00 (hard), ISBN 978-0-691-14761-1, Princeton University Press (2015). - An introduction to Benford's law by Arno Berger and Theodore P. Hill, pp. 256, $52.00 (hard), ISBN 978-0-691-16306-2, Princeton University Press (2015).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2016

Peter Shiu*
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