The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life

Blastland, Michael (Author)/ Dilnot, Andrew (Author)

ISBN 10: 1592404235 / ISBN 13: 9781592404230

Editore: Gotham, 2008

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• Titolo: The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
• Editore: Gotham
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1592404235
• ISBN 13: 9781592404230
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Brand New
• Peso: 0,32 chilogrammi

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Riassunto

The team from BBC Radio's More or Less demonstrates how to better understand the world and make more responsible consumer choices using accessible mathematical principles, in a lighthearted guide that redefines the concepts of averages, risks, and statistics. 30,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore

Michael Blastland is a writer, broadcaster, and the creator of More or Less, the BBC Radio 4 show.

Andrew Dilnot, the former presenter on the show, is the principal of St. HughÂ’s College, Oxford, and was the director of EnglandÂ’s Institute for Fiscal Studies.