Numbercrunch by Oliver Johnson

Numbercrunch by Oliver Johnson

This is a mathematician's toolkit for cutting through wall-to-wall information overload and making sense of our modern world.

The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly and practical* Tim Harford, author of 'How to Make the World Add Up' *
A clear, straightforward, informative guide to understanding numbers. I wish I'd read it years ago. * Tom Chivers, author of 'How to Read Numbers' *
An excellent, straightforward introduction to usefulness of numbers, which gets to the heart of why maths is so important to all of us. * David Sumpter, author of 'The Ten Equations that Rule the World' *
A fine and valuable read. Johnson applies careful analysis and great common sense to an extraordinary range of applications of mathematical ideas, from football to filter bubbles - explaining formal ideas with minimum technicalities, and weighing their relevance to the real world. * David Spiegelhalter, author of 'The Art of Statistics' *
Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all. * Tom Whipple, Science Editor, 'The Times' *
Numbers don't lie but they often speak a foreign language. Professor Oliver Johnson is a superb maths-whisperer on a mission to arm his readers with the tools to distinguish sound claims from the many phoney ones that bombard us every day. Numbercrunch is an invaluable addition to the modern baloney-detection kit. * Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of 'The Man from the Future' *

Oliver Johnson is Professor of Information Theory in the Institute for Statistical Science in the School of Mathematics at the University of Bristol. He was previously a research fellow at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. He has frequently appeared on BBC Radio 4 and written for the Spectator, and has been quoted in a variety of newspapers including The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and New York Times. Oliver is on Twitter as @BristOliver, where he tweets about maths, music and Aston Villa. He lives in Bristol.

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ISBN 13	9781788708371
ISBN 10	1788708377
Title	Numbercrunch
Author	Oliver Johnson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bonnier Books Ltd
Year published	2024-04-11
Number of pages	224
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