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The Number Bias - How numbers dominate our world and why that's a problem we need to fix (Hardcover)
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The Number Bias - How numbers dominate our world and why that's a problem we need to fix (Hardcover)
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'The Number Bias combines vivid storytelling with authoritative
analysis to deliver a warning about the way numbers can lead us
astray - if we let them.' TIM HARFORD Even if you don't consider
yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has
come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or
out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words. It is
not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live
our lives. They tell us how we're doing at school, how much we
weigh, who might win an election and whether the economy is
booming. But numbers aren't as objective as they may seem; behind
every number is a story. Yet politicians, businesses and the media
often forget this - or use it for their own gain. Sanne Blauw
travels the world to unpick our relationship with numbers and
demystify our misguided allegiance, from Florence Nightingale using
statistics to petition for better conditions during the Crimean War
to the manipulation of numbers by the American tobacco industry and
the ambiguous figures peddled during the EU referendum. Taking us
from the everyday numbers that govern our health and wellbeing to
the statistics used to wield enormous power and influence, The
Number Bias counsels us to think more wisely. 'A beautifully
accessible exploration of how numbers shape our lives, and the
importance of accurately interpreting the statistics we are fed.'
ANGELA SAINI, author of Superior
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