Peter Norvig http://www.norvig.com Articles by Peter Norvig en-us The Odds of Finding a Set in The Card Game SET Correcting an error in the instruction booklet for the card game SET http://norvig.com/SET.html http://norvig.com/SET.html 2010-04-28 All we want are the facts, ma'am On the lost art of fact-checking, and Chris Anderson's Wired Magazine article on The End of Theory http://norvig.com/fact-check.html http://norvig.com/fact-check.html 2009-02-22 Lieberman, Egg, Sausage and Lieberman A reply to Nate Silver's jungle primary post http://norvig.com/chart538.html http://norvig.com/chart538.html 2009-02-22 An Exercise in Species Barcoding Just in time for Darwin's birthday: an exercise in analyzing the differences in genomes to detect the boundaries between species http://norvig.com/ibol.html http://norvig.com/ibol.html 2009-02-11 Election final predictions -- Part of my FAQ for the 2008 Election Final prediction for electoral and popular votes: 353-185; 54-45% http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#final http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#final 2008-11-04 What does McCain have to do to win? FAQ for the 2008 Election Does McCain have a path to win? A state-by-state analysis. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#change http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#change 2008-10-30 What are imaginary reasons McCain might win? FAQ for the 2008 Election Here are some reasons based onhope, not reason. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#jpod http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#jpod 2008-10-30 Election 2008 Dashboard A collection of charts, poll results, and links, for the obsessive election junkie. http://norvig.com/election-dashboard.html http://norvig.com/election-dashboard.html 2008-10-15 How accurate are polls? FAQ for the 2008 Presidential Election New question for my FAQ answers "How accurate are polls?" http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#polls http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#polls 2008-10-21 What about the economy? FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election New question: "What about the economy" for FF00FF, my FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#economy http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#economy 2008-10-12 Why are there so many negative attacks on both sides? FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election New question: "Why are there so many negative attacks on both sides?" for FF00FF, my FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#attacks http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#attacks 2008-10-20 Does race matter? FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election New question: "Does race matter?" for FF00FF, my FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#race http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#race 2008-10-09 Is the media biased? FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election New question: "Is the media biased?" for my FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election. Tells you where to get information and compares the candidates. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#media http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#media 2008-10-7 Is it rational to vote? FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election New question: "Is it rational to vote?" for my FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election. Tells you where to get information and compares the candidates. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#rational http://norvig.com/election-faq.html#rational 2008-10-03 FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election An FAQ for the 2008 US Presidential Election. Tells you where to get information and compares the candidates. http://norvig.com/election-faq.html http://norvig.com/election-faq.html 2008-09-30 Beauty and the Geek Game Theory: Answering the Freakonomics Challenge Answering Alon Nir's Freakonomics Challenge: What strategy to use on the TV show Beauty and the Geek http://norvig.com/geek.html http://norvig.com/geek.html 2008-08-16 Galapagos Photography Notes on what camera equipment to take to Galapagos, and links to my galleries. http://norvig.com/galapagos-photography.html http://norvig.com/galapagos-photography.html 2008-08-02 Hiring a President II: Why I Endorse Obama How to hire a president as if we were interviewing for CEO of a company: the 2008 edition. http://norvig.com/hiring-president2.html http://norvig.com/hiring-president2.html 2008-02-04 Update to world's longest palindrome sentence I update my palindrome page, and list a slightly longer one. http://norvig.com/palindrome.html http://norvig.com/palindrome.html 2007-11-11 Evaluating Extraordinary Claims: Mind Over Matter? Or Mind Over Mind? A companion to my essay on experiment design, this essay uses as an example the literature on the efficacy of intercessory prayer on medical conditions. http://norvig.com/prayer.html http://norvig.com/prayer.html 2007-07-09 Warning Signs in Experimental Design and Interpretation An update to my essay on experiment design; it now stresses warning signs rather than clear-cut mistakes and urges the reader to consider the factors that dilute the credibility of an experiment. http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html 2007-07-09 How to Write a Spelling Corrector (in Python) Theory and practice of spelling correction algorithms http://norvig.com/spell-correct.html http://norvig.com/spell-correct.html 2007-04-10 Alexa Toolbar and the Problem of Experiment Design Can you trust statistics about internet usage? http://norvig.com/logs-alexa.html http://norvig.com/logs-alexa.html 2007-01-08 Norvig.com 2006 logs Web logs for my site for the year http://norvig.com/logs/logs06.html http://norvig.com/logs/logs06.html 2007-01-08 The Game of Carcassonne and the Parity Problem Making a pretty map using the Carcassonne tiles; and figure out when you can't. http://norvig.com/carcassonne.html http://norvig.com/carcassonne.html 2007-01-08 My Speech to the Graduates Commencement address for U.C. Berkeley Computer Science, May 2006 http://www.norvig.com/speech.html http://www.norvig.com/speech.html 2006-08-27 Norwegian translation of Teach Yourself Programming Norwegian translation of my Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years essay http://www.space-cadet.org/articles/norvig-norw.shtml http://www.space-cadet.org/articles/norvig-norw.shtml 2006-07-23 Gilligan's Island Revisited Plot synopses for episodes of a Gilligan's Island remake starring members of the Bush Administration. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/15PeterNorvig.html http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/15PeterNorvig.html 2006-06-16 Solving Every Sudoku Puzzle Python code and an explanation of how to solve any Sudoku puzzle. http://norvig.com/sudoku.html http://norvig.com/sudoku.html 2006-05-25 Reporters and parrots Essay on reporting, innumeracy, and equal time. http://norvig.com/reporters-and-parrots.html http://norvig.com/reporters-and-parrots.html 2006-05-25 Romanian Translation of "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years" Romanian translation of this essay done by Ştefan Lazăr http://norvig.com/romanian21-days.html http://norvig.com/romanian21-days.html 2006-05-11 The Global Climate Change Consensus: My Experiment Do your own research! Confirm or deny the global climate change consensus! Here's how I did it. http://norvig.com/oreskes.html http://norvig.com/oreskes.html 2006-02-05 2005 Performance Review for Albert Einstein The annual performance review for the guy who had a REALLY big year in '05. http://norvig.com/performance-review.html http://norvig.com/performance-review.html 2005-08-08 Doing the Martin Shuffle (with your iPod) Describes the most efficient way to navigate on an iPod Shuffle to the song you want. http://norvig.com/ipod.html http://norvig.com/ipod.html 2005-08-08 The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation Satire describing what Lincoln might have done with Powerpoint) http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm 2005-08-08 The Making of the Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation The story behind (and reaction to) my Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation.) http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/making.htm http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/making.htm 2005-08-08 Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach Home page for the leading textbook on Artificial Intelligence. http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ 2005-08-08 Teach Yourself Programming in 10 Years Essay describing why you really can't learn to program in 21 days. http://norvig.com/21-days.html http://norvig.com/21-days.html 2005-08-08 Design Patterns in Dynamic Languages How design patterns are implemented in dynamic languages such as Lisp, Dylan, or Python. Recently mentioned on Slashdot. http://norvig.com/design-patterns http://norvig.com/design-patterns 2005-08-08 The Java IAQ Infrequently Answered Questions for Java http://norvig.com/java-iaq.html http://norvig.com/java-iaq.html 2005-08-08 The Python IAQ Infrequently Answered Questions for Python http://norvig.com/python-iaq.html http://norvig.com/python-iaq.html 2005-08-08 Paradigms of AI Programming Home page for a book on Lisp and AI programming. http://norvig.com/paip/README.html http://norvig.com/paip/README.html 2005-08-08 JScheme An implementation of the Scheme programming language in Java. http://norvig.com/jscheme.html http://norvig.com/jscheme.html 2005-08-08