Numb and number : how to avoid being mystified by the mathematics of modern life
Material type: TextPublication details: Atlantic Books, London : ©2020Description: 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781838950842
- 510.2 HAR-N
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | IIITD General Stacks | Mathematics | 510.2 HAR-N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 012219 |
This book includes bibliographical references and an index.
Introduction
1. The Number of Our Days 2. Surveying the Scene 3. Risk and Behaviour Our illogical attitudes towards risk
4. The Mathematics of Sport The randomness of winning and losing
5. Saved You!
6. Numbers Large and Small
7. The Insignificance of Significance
8. Cause and Effect
9. Percentages and More Misleading Mathematics 10. Chaotic Butterflies
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