Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear and mistrust them. Something Doesn't Add Up is a fieldguide to the numbers that rule our world, even though they don't make sense. Wry, witty and humane, Goodwin explains mathematical subtleties so painlessly that you hardly need to think about numbers at all. He demonstrates how statistics that are meant to make life simpler often make it Something Doesn’t Add Up - Paul Goodwin od authora Paul Goodwin a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Paul Goodwin |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
256 |
Rok vydání |
2020 |
Typ |
filmy |
Nakladatelství |
Profile Books |