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020			_a1982111887 _q(paperback)
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050	0	0	_aQA93 _b.Y38 2020
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100	1		_aYates, Kit,
245	1	4	_aThe math of life and death : _b7 mathematical principles that shape our lives / _cKit Yates.
250			_aFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
263			_a2001.
264		1	_aNew York : _bScribner, _c2020.
300			_avii, 274 pages : _billustrations, charts, graphs ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: almost everything -- Thinking exponentially: the sobering limits of power -- Sensitivity, specificity, and second opinions: how math makes medicine manageable -- The laws of mathematics: investigating the role of mathematics in the law -- Don't believe the truth: debunking media statistics -- Wrong place, wrong time: when our number systems let us down -- Relentless optimization: from evolution to e-commerce, life is an algorithm -- Susceptible, infective, removed: how to stop an epidemic -- Epilogue: mathematical emancipation.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMathematics _vPopular works. _94226
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aYates, Kit, _tThe math of life and death _dNew York : Scribner, 2020. _z9781982111892 _w(DLC) 2019024832.
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