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Numb and Number: How to Avoid Being Mystified by the Mathematics of Modern Life

William Hartston

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Numb and Number: How to Avoid Being Mystified by the Mathematics of Modern Life by Hartston, William
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Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion polls, risk assessments, inflation figures, weather and climate predictions and all sorts of political decisions and advice backed up by supposedly accurate numbers. Most of us do not even pause and question such figures even to ask what they really mean and whether they raise more questions than they answer. We let the figures wash over us with no more than a glance. In this simple guide for anyone numbed by numbers, William Hartston explains with clarity and humor how to steer a safe path through the minefield of mathematics that surrounds us.

Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
Published: 02/01/2021
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.4lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781838950842

About the Author
William Hartston is a Cambridge-educated mathematician and industrial psychologist. Between 1962 and 1987 he played chess competitively, becoming an international master and winning the British chess championship in 1973 and 1975. He is the author of several books on chess, numbers, humor and trivia, including The Encyclopedia of Useless Information.