Tiger that isn't, the: seeing through a world of numbers
Auteur :
Dilnot, Andrew / Blastland, Michael
Éditeur :
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN :
9781846681110
Date de publication :
10 juil. 2008
Dimensions :
19,8 x 12,8 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
175 g
Format :
B-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. 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 which can waste millions of pounds.