The Norm Chronicles
Stories and Numbers about Risk
(Sprache: Englisch)
A far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice. Now in paperback.
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A far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice. Now in paperback.
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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 - should I fly or take the train? Have a baby? Another drink? Or another sausage? Do a charity skydive or get a lift on a motorbike?Because chance and risk aren't just about numbers - it's about what we believe, who we trust and how we feel about the world around us. From a world expert in risk and the bestselling author of The Tiger That Isn't (and creator of BBC Radio 4's More or Less), this is a commonsense (and wildly entertaining) guide to personal risk and decoding the statistics that represent it.
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Blastland, David Spiegelhalter
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. In 2014 David Spiegelhalter received a knighthood at the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to statistics. Michael Blastland was born in Glasgow. A journalist all his professional life, he started on weekly newspapers before moving to the BBC where he makes current affairs programmes for Radio 4, such as Analysis, More or Less and the historical series Why Did We Do That? He lives in Hertfordshire, often with his daughter Cait, less often and less quietly with his son Joe, when he's at home.
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- Autoren: Michael Blastland , David Spiegelhalter
- 2014, 336 Seiten, Maße: 12,6 x 19,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1846686210
- ISBN-13: 9781846686214
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.05.2014
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Fascinating Daily Mail
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