Numbercrunch: A Mathematician's Toolkit for Making Sense of Your World

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I am not quite the intended audience- I have a maths degree- but I would say there is something here for everyone. He has frequently appeared on Radio 4’s PM, has written for the Spectator, and been quoted in a variety of outlets including The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph and The New York Times. Oliver Johnson is Professor of Information Theory and Director of the Institute for Statistical Science in the School of Mathematics.

I’ve been led through the basic understanding of some mathematics relevant to everyday statistics I see.The author is explaining the concept of probability in plain English, avoiding the use of equations. Numbercrunch is aimed at a general audience, and has been published as hardback, eBook and audiobook. I particularly like how Johnson uses examples from our everyday world to help us understand the concepts, from social media to football transfer fees to weather reporting. It is accepted by you that Daunt Books has no control over additional charges in relation to customs clearance.

Utilizing equations offers the advantage of invoking a deeper understanding of concepts that might be challenging to convey through words alone.Journeying through the three sections of Randomness, Structure, and Information, we meet a host of brilliant minds such Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi and Claude Shannon, and we learn the tools, tips and tricks to cut through the noise all around us – from the Law of Large Numbers to Entropy to Brownian Motion. This is a super fascinating, well-written and amusing guide to how an understanding of numbers can help us make sense of all the data/information around us. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. In an age driven more and more by data and misinformation this book cuts through the fudges and fiddles beloved of politicians and obfuscators and outright liars to give a modern insight into discerning what the data and information really say and how to understand it all. Oliver Johnson reveals how mathematical thinking can help us understand the myriad data all around us.

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With barely an equation in sight, Numbercrunch makes a passionate case for how just a little bit more numeracy could help us all. Numbercrunch: A Mathematician’s Toolkit For Making Sense of Your World by Professor Oliver Johnson | 9781788708333. However, at times, it may be easier to grasp the concept by incorporating the appropriate equation alongside the explanation.

We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. There are far better books on this topic and the good professor offers no new insights or better explanation on his selected maths topics. Lucid, surprising, and endlessly entertaining, Numbercrunch equips you with a definitive mathematician's toolkit to make sense of your world. Regarded as ‘the perfect introduction to the power of mathematics – fluent, friendly and practical’ by Tom Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.I follow Professor Johnson on Twitter, and found him a helpful, moderate source of information during the pandemic.