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

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g., the book by Spiegelhalter, which treats similar ideas in a deeper way but not more complicated to read. We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from. Numbercrunch equips readers with the mathematical tools and thinking to understand the myriad data all around us. However, at times, it may be easier to grasp the concept by incorporating the appropriate equation alongside the explanation.

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. Really good book for the less maths inclined amongst us with everyday examples used making it easier to relate to.

Journeying through three sections - Randomness, Structure, and Information - we meet a host of brilliant minds, such Alan Turing, Enrico Fermi and Claude Shannon, and are equipped with the tools to cut through the noise all around us - from the Law of Large Numbers to Entropy to Brownian Motion. Absolut empfehlenswert für jeden, der entweder privat oder im Beruf Datenzusammenhänge besser verstehen möchte. 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. I also find some issues with the way the concepts are explained as this could easily confuse someone unfamiliar with maths.

Das Buch greift alltagsnahe Themen auf und zeigt wie mit etwas Systematik und einem praxisrelevanten mathematischen Basisverständnis der Sachverhalt rational erklärt werden kann. Oliver Johnson is Professor of Information Theory and Director of the Institute for Statistical Science in the School of Mathematics. Utilizing equations offers the advantage of invoking a deeper understanding of concepts that might be challenging to convey through words alone. However, even in this topic, the good professor stumbles by trying to justify some of the official view points (of which he's a part of). I follow Professor Johnson on Twitter, and found him a helpful, moderate source of information during the pandemic.

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And if every journalist and pundit would read even just chapter 7, our media would be so much better for it. The Covid pandemic is a minefield for mathematicians and scientists and if I am one, I would try to steer clear due to the strong emotions, misinformation and the failure of maths, science and AI to live up their lofty promises. 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.Numbercrunch is aimed at a general audience, and will be published as hardback, ebook and audiobook on 3 March. David Spiegelhalter, author o f The Art of Statistics also referred to it as ‘A fine and valuable read. The book will be published with Heligo Books, the business and smart-thinking imprint from Bonnier Books UK. Not to mention the things much closer to home: ever wondered when the best time is to leave a party? Numbercrunch is aimed at a general audience, and has been published as hardback, eBook and audiobook.