A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023'Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman'Absolutely fascinating' James O'Brien'An exceptional book - readable, funny and more needed than ever' Dr Chris van Tulleken, bestselling author of Ultra-Processed People· Are you more likely to become a professional footballer if your surname is Ball?· How c...

We all like to think we're making decisions based on reality, but in fact, we're almost always working from incomplete information. And when 'you don't know what you don't know', it can be impossible to navigate successfully.In You Don't Know What You're Missing mathematician Kit Yates explores the blind spots, gaps in our knowledge and how we make sense of the world given we usually have an unfinished picture. From avoiding common traps and pitfalls to filling in the gaps...

*SELECTED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEAR*"This is an exquisitely interesting book. It's a deeply serious one too and, for those like me who have little maths, it's delightfully readable" - IAN MCEWAN"An exciting new voice in the world of science communication" - MARCUS DU SAUTOY"An extremely thoughtful, articulate and accessibl...

Van verjaardagen en geboortecijfers tot onze kijk op het verstrijken van de tijd, van overbevolking en ziekteverspreiding tot bizarre ongevallen: elk aspect van ons leven, van de wieg tot het graf, heeft als fundament de wiskunde. Veel mensen kregen dat al ingeprent op de middelbare school, toch zijn we ons nauwelijks bewust van het grote belang van de wiskunde in ons dagelijks leven: op ons werk en thuis, in de rechtbank en in het ziekenhuis. In dit fascinerende boek vertelt wiskundig bio...

La matematica governa la vita di tutti i giorni, ci accompagna da quando nasciamo fino a che non esaliamo l’ultimo respiro, si nasconde in ogni aspetto della nostra esistenza, anche il più impensabile, è al centro della nostra vita. Se battiamo il piede a suon di musica, ascoltiamo matematica. Se cantiamo sotto la doccia, è matematica anche quella. Se afferriamo una palla nella sua traiettoria parabolica, stiamo facendo sempre matematica. Dimentichiamoci quindi della scienza dura, esatta, ...

¿Y si las matemáticas fueran la única forma de comprender cómo te sientes, de entender la sociedad, de intentar articular el mundo?De encontrar el mejor asiento en el tren y la cola más rápida en la frutería, de calmarte ante un diagnóstico médico inesperado, de aprender del desastre de Chernóbil o del juicio de Amanda Knox, de detener epidemias mortales y víctimas de errores judiciales, de estudiar nuestro pasado para ahorrarnos un futuro peor, de saber cuántos ca...

A matemática é uma constante do mundo e o que aprendermos com ela pode significar a diferença entre o sucesso e o desastreA matemática está sempre presente na nossa vida, da forma como comunicamos com os outros à forma como viajamos, trabalhamos ou relaxamos.Mas são poucos os que compreendem o seu verdadeiro poder, pois a influência da matemática não se fica pelo dia a dia no escritório ou em casa, estendendo-se aos tribunais e hospitais.Neste livro extraordinário, Ki...

**Spannend und einfach erklärt: Mathe in unserem Alltag **Wie Mathematik unseren Leben bestimmt – und wie man sich das Zahlenwissen zunutze machen kann.  Stehen Sie auch immer in der langsamsten Warteschlange im Supermarkt? Und suchen Sie regelmäßig nach dem perfekten Platz im Zug? Dieses Buch wird Ihnen dabei helfen, Ihren Alltag besser zu verstehen – mit Mathematik! "Warum Mathematik (fast) alles ist", erklärt der promovierte Mathematiker Kit Yates in diesem Buch u...

Überraschend, erwartbar oder nur wahrscheinlichSeit Beginn der Menschheit versuchen wir, vorherzusagen, was die Welt für uns bereithält. Genauso lange liegen wir damit aber auch schon falsch. Von religiösen Orakeln über Wettervorhersagen bis zur Politik – wir sind ständig mit mangelhaften Prognosen konfrontiert.In seinem neuen Buch enthüllt Kit Yates die überraschende Wissenschaft, die unseren Vorhersagen zugrunde liegt, und zeigt, wie wir sie zu unserem Vo...

We all like to think we're making decisions based on reality, but in fact, we're almost always working from incomplete information. And when 'you don't know what you don't know', it can be impossible to navigate successfully.In You Don't Know What You're Missing mathematician Kit Yates explores the blind spots, gaps in our knowledge and how we make sense of the world given we usually have an unfinished picture. From avoiding common traps and pitfalls to filling in the gaps...

Kit Yates neves matematikus és biológus - egyike a biomatematika nevű tudományág azon kevés számú kutatójának, aki sikeresen képes népszerűsíteni szakterületét.Gondolkodásra serkentő könyvében Yates sorsfordító események igaz történetét meséli el, amelyekben a matematika helyes vagy helytelen alkalmazása kulcsszerepet játszott: betegek rokkantak meg hibás gének miatt és vállalkozók mentek csődbe helytelen algoritmusok eredményeképp; ártatlanok estek áldozatul bírói tévedéseknek és m...

Maths is the story of the world around us, and the wisdom it gives us can be the difference between success and disaster.We are all doing maths 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 maths - the extent to which its influence is not only in every office and every home, but also in every courtroom and hospital ward...