Lying Numbers: How Maths and Statistics Are Twisted and Abused

At Sixes and Sevens : How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths Easy 9780008491086, 9780008491079, 0008491089

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At Sixes and Sevens: How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths Easy 9780008491086, 9780008491079

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn’t be afraid of them, from maths expert Rac

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Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It 9780801467615

One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capa

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Imaginary Numbers Are Real

This book defines how mathematicians popularized imaginary numbers, which fixed all the math paradoxes and gave solution

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Knowledge and the Philosophy of Number: What Numbers Are and How They Are Known 9781350102903, 9781350102934, 9781350102910

If numbers were objects, how could there be human knowledge of number? Numbers are not physical objects: must we conclud

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More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues 9780520930025

In this sequel to the acclaimed Damned Lies and Statistics, which the Boston Globe said "deserves a place next to t

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The Maths That Made Us : How Numbers Created Civilisation 9781922586797, 9781913348984

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How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics 9781350220645, 9781780322681, 9781780322674

Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can ma

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How Mothers Love: And how relationships are born 9780748118700, 0748118705

Mothers describe falling in love with their babies and then, more slowly, learning to understand them. Children flourish

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Damned lies and statistics: untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists 9780520953512, 9780520274709

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