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The Art of Uncertainty How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

Paperback • 2025 • English

The Art of Uncertainty How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

By David Spiegelhalter

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About the book

We live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How should we deal with what we don't know? And what role do chance, luck and coincidence play in our lives? David Spiegelhalter has spent his career dissecting data in order to understand risks and assess the chances of what might happen in the future. In The Art of Uncertainty, he gives readers a window onto how we can all do this better. In engaging, crystal-clear prose, he takes us through the principles of probability, showing how it...Show more

Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world
Data science and analysis: general
Risk assessment

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ISBN

9780241658635

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published year

2025

Language

English

Original title

The Art of Uncertainty How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck

Format

Paperback

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