John Company

AAWSAP DIRD, An Introduction to the Statistical Drake Equation, March 2010

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Unfortunately, to extend the Drake equation to Statistics, it was necessary to use a
mathematical apparatus that is more sophisticated than just the simple product of
seven numbers.
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