The math of life & death :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
vii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Summary
"We are all doing math all the time, from the way we communicate with each other to the way we travel, from how we work to how we relax. Many of us are aware of this. But few of us really appreciate the full power of math - the extent to which its influence is not only in every office and every home, but also in every courtroom and hospital ward. In this eye-opening and extraordinary book, Kit Yates explores the true stories of life-changing events in which the application - or misapplication - of mathematics has played a critical role: patients crippled by faulty genes and entrepreneurs bankrupted by faulty algorithms; innocent victims of miscarriages of justice and the unwitting victims of software glitches. We follow stories of investors who have lost fortunes and parents who have lost children, all because of mathematical misunderstandings. Along the way, Yates arms us with simple mathematical rules and tools that can help us make better decisions in our increasingly quantitative society"--
Call Number
510 YAT
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781982111878 9781982111885
The math of life & death :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
7 audio discs (8 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
[New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2020]
Summary
Mathematician Kit Yates illuminates seven mathematical principles that shape our lives. He covers simple everyday situations to more serious, grand-scale applications of seven mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems.
Call Number
AUDIOCD/510/YATES K
Publication Date
2019-2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781797102634 9781797102641
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