How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To

Kit Yates

ISBN 10: 1529408695 / ISBN 13: 9781529408690

Editore: Quercus 2024-05-23, 2024

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• Titolo: How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To
• Editore: Quercus 2024-05-23
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1529408695
• ISBN 13: 9781529408690
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New

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A fascinating exploration of how we can make better, accessible, mathematically-informed predictions about the world around us.

Informazioni sull?autore

Kit Yates is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and co-director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath. He completed his PhD in mathematics at the University of Oxford in 2011.


His research demonstrates that mathematics can be used to describe all sorts of real-world phenomena: from embryo formation to locust swarming and from sleeping sickness to egg-shell patterning. He is particularly interested in the role that randomness plays in biology. His research into mathematical biology has been covered by the BBC, the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, RTE, Scientific American and Reuters amongst others.
Alongside his academic position, Kit is also an author and science communicator. The Maths of Life and Death is his first book.