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The Norm Chronicles: Stories and numbers about danger
David Spiegelhalter
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Description for The Norm Chronicles: Stories and numbers about danger
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind of guy. In fact, he is the average guy in this clever and unusual take on statistical risk, chance, and how these two factors affect our everyday choices. Watch as Norm (who, like all average specimens, feels himself to be uniquely special), and his friends careful Prudence and reckless Kelvin, turns to statistics to help him in life's endless series of choices ... Read more
Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind of guy. In fact, he is the average guy in this clever and unusual take on statistical risk, chance, and how these two factors affect our everyday choices. Watch as Norm (who, like all average specimens, feels himself to be uniquely special), and his friends careful Prudence and reckless Kelvin, turns to statistics to help him in life's endless series of choices ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846686214
SKU
V9781846686214
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About David Spiegelhalter
Michael Blastland is an author, journalist, and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster.He co-authored, with Andrew Dilnot, Profile's best-selling The Tiger that Isn't [9781861978394]. David Spiegelhalter OBE is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge and the Royal Society.
Reviews for The Norm Chronicles: Stories and numbers about danger
Fascinating
Daily Mail
Helping people make sense of the barrage of confusing (and often misrepresented) statistics that riddle every day is a noble goal.
Economist
A fast-paced, whizz-bang style
The Times
Witty and illuminating, essential reading for anyone wanting to know whether they should try skydiving, or accept that third glass of wine
... Read more
Daily Mail
Helping people make sense of the barrage of confusing (and often misrepresented) statistics that riddle every day is a noble goal.
Economist
A fast-paced, whizz-bang style
The Times
Witty and illuminating, essential reading for anyone wanting to know whether they should try skydiving, or accept that third glass of wine
... Read more