{"product_id":"9781788708340-numbercrunch","title":"Numbercrunch","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Mathematician's Toolkit for Making Sense of Your World\u003cbr\u003eThis is a mathematician's toolkit for cutting through wall-to-wall informationoverload and making sense of our modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lucid and entertaining. With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- Tom Whipple, \u003c\/i\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly and practical' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Tim Harford, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Make the World Add Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. So, what can we grasp hold of to make sense of it all? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Johnson reveals how mathematical thinking can help us understand the myriad data all around us. From the exponential growth of viruses to social media filter-bubbles; from share price fluctuations to the cost of living; from the datafication of our sports pages to quantifying climate change. Not to mention the things much closer to home: ever wondered when the best time is to leave a party? What are the chances of rain ruining your barbecue this weekend? How about which queue is the best to join in the supermarket?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJourneying through three sections - Randomness, Structure, and Information - we meet a host of brilliant minds, such Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi and Claude Shannon, and are equipped with the tools to cut through the noise all around us - from the Law of Large Numbers to Entropy to Brownian Motion.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucid, surprising, and endlessly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eNumbercrunch\u003c\/i\u003e equips you with a definitive mathematician's toolkit to make sense of your world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40738448834657,"sku":"9781788708340","price":15.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31296704.jpg?v=1745822381","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781788708340-numbercrunch","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}