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The Tiger That Isn't

The Tiger That Isn't

Seeing Through a World of Numbers

by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot
Paperback
Age range: 0 to 0 years old Publication Date: 10/07/2008

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Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. Most maths is really simple - as easy as 2+2 in fact.

Better still it can be understood without any jargon, any formulas - and in fact not even many numbers. Most of it is commonsense, and by using a few really simple principles one can quickly see when maths, statistics and numbers are being abused to play tricks - or create policies - which can waste millions of pounds.

It is liberating to understand when numbers are telling the truth or being used to lie, whether it is health scares, the costs of government policies, the supposed risks of certain activities or the real burden of taxes.

ISBN:
9781846681110
9781846681110
Category:
Popular mathematics
Age range:
0 to 0 years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10-07-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
198x128x22mm
Weight:
0.18kg
Michael Blastland

Michael Blastland is a writer and broadcaster. He was the originator and first producer of BBC Radio 4's More or Less, Britain's most authoritative guide to numbers and evidence in public argument.

He is the bestselling author of The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers, a book about numbers and how to interpret them, which he co-authored with Andrew Dilnot. He also wrote The Norm Chronicles, co-authored with Professor David Spiegelhalter.

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