Lying Numbers: How Maths and Statistics Are Twisted and Abused

Knowledge and the Philosophy of Number: What Numbers Are and How They Are Known 1350102903, 9781350102903

If numbers were objects, how could there be human knowledge of number? Numbers are not physical objects: must we conclud

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At Sixes and Sevens: How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths Easy 9780008491086, 9780008491079

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn’t be afraid of them, from maths expert Rac

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At Sixes and Sevens : How to Understand Numbers and Make Maths Easy 9780008491086, 9780008491079, 0008491089

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Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It 9780801467615

One of the most urgent challenges in African economic development is to devise a strategy for improving statistical capa

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Imaginary Numbers Are Real

This book defines how mathematicians popularized imaginary numbers, which fixed all the math paradoxes and gave solution

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Knowledge and the Philosophy of Number: What Numbers Are and How They Are Known 9781350102903, 9781350102934, 9781350102910

If numbers were objects, how could there be human knowledge of number? Numbers are not physical objects: must we conclud

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The Maths That Made Us : How Numbers Created Civilisation 9781922586797, 9781913348984

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The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

Emotional abuse is the least understood form of abuse. The number of people who are emotional abusers or who become invo

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How Numbers Rule the World: The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics 9781350220645, 9781780322681, 9781780322674

Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can ma

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Damned lies and statistics: untangling numbers from the media, politicians, and activists 9780520953512, 9780520274709

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