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The Tiger that Isn't Seeing Through a World of Numbers

Paperback • 2008 • English

The Tiger that Isn't Seeing Through a World of Numbers

By Michael Blastland, A. W. Dilnot

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

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 million...Show more

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ISBN

9781846681110

Publisher

Profile Books

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

The Tiger that Isn't Seeing Through a World of Numbers

Format

Paperback

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