From crime figures to health scares, election polls to stock market forecasts, numbers make the news all the time. But are they accurate?
John Allen Paulos, travels through the pages of an average newspaper, revealing how mathematics is at the heart of the articles we read every day - even horoscopes and the sports pages - and how often they mislead us. By understanding simple concepts such as probability, chaos theory and game theory, you'll be able to see through faulty statistics, stock market forecasters and conspiracy theorists - and make the figures truly add up.
- ISBN10 0465050670
- ISBN13 9780465050673
- Publish Date 10 September 2013 (first published 6 April 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 224
- Language English