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008			200701s2020 enkad bi 001 0 eng
020			_a1838950842
020			_a9781838950842
035			_a(OCoLC)1231533322
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050		4	_aQA99 _b.H378 2020
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082	0	4	_a510.2 _223
100	1		_aHartston, William, _d1947-
245	1	0	_aNumb and number : _bhow to avoid being mystified by the mathematics of modern life / _cWilliam Hartston.
264		1	_aLondon : _bAtlantic Books, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020.
300			_a280 pages : _billustrations, charts ; _c23 cm.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aLike it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion polls, risk assessments, inflation figures, weather and climate predictions and all sorts of political decisions and advice backed up by supposedly accurate numbers. Most of us do not even pause and question such figures even to ask what they really mean and whether they raise more questions than they answer. We let the figures wash over us with no more than a glance. In this simple guide for anyone numbed by numbers, William Hartston explains with clarity and humor how to steer a safe path through the minefield of mathematics that surrounds us.
650		0	_aMathematics _vMiscellanea.
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