A tour of the stupidest, most self-defeating, self-blinding ways in which supposedly clever people use maths in everyday life
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Paul Goodwin is a statistician, an emeritus professor at the University of Bath, and a former adviser to government departments. He has taught courses on statistics for trades union members, art curators, surgeons, actuaries, civil servants, CEOs and sixth formers, among many others. His most recent book is Forewarned: A Sceptic's Guide to Prediction.
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Vendeur : Bookbot, Prague, Rébublique tchèque
Hardcover. Etat : As New. Wry, witty and humane, Goodwin explains mathematical subtleties so painlessly that you hardly need to think about numbers at all. He demonstrates how statistics that are meant to make life simpler often make it simpler than it actually is, but also reveals some of the ways we really can use maths to make better decisions. Enter the world of fitness tracking, the history of IQ testing, China's social credit system, Effective Altruism, and learn how someone should have noticed that Harold Shipman was killing his patients years before they actually did. In the right hands, maths is a useful tool. It's just a pity there are so many of the wrong hands about. N° de réf. du vendeur d48cb4b0-fa64-461b-a153-eedf39188eb3
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. WE LIVE IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD WHERE EVERY DAY AND ON EVERY HAND WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY A PLETHORIA OF MINDNUMNING STATISTICS. THIS BOOK INFORMS ON HOW TO SURVIVE. N° de réf. du vendeur 002173
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