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by Michael Blastland (Author), Andrew Dilnot (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Profile Books (10 Jul 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1846681111
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846681110
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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"'A very funny book...this is one of those maths books that claims to be self-help, and on the evidence presented here, we are in dire need of it...' Daily Telegraph 'This very elegant book constantly sparks "Aha!" moments as it interrogates the way numbers are handled and mishandled by politicians and the media.' Guardian 'If every politician and journalist were required to read this engaging and eye opening book before embarking on their career, we would live in a wiser, better, governed world.' Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, Royal Society of Arts"


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A painless introduction to the maths of the real world by the team who created and present the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 series More or Less.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Making the boring bit of the news interesting., 6 Aug 2008
By J. Duducu (Ruislip) - See all my reviews
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Freakanomics got a big push by its publishers and was quite the book to be seen to be reading about a year ago. Here with "The tiger that isn't" is a similar book aimed at a similar market but with nowhere near the same exposure.

Essentially this is a very well written book that talks the layman (like me) through the fog of averages, chance and statistical anomalies. Yes, that does sound a bit dull but there are excellent down-to-earth examples and information that will stick in your mind. Did you know for example that you almost invariable have MORE than the AVERAGE number of feet?

It didn't get the full 5 stars as it is quite a slender tome (like Freakanomics) but it is always well written with thought provoking examples and a definite sense of humour.

If you want an intelligent and fun read on a topic that you are unlikely to know much about, or you want to know more about what numbers actually mean when they are grandly announced on the news then this is the book for you.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, 14 Oct 2008
By Paul M. Clark (London) - See all my reviews
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A fascinating book. On the face of it, it is about statistics, but actually it is about something far deeper - how we perceive and interpret the information that affects all our lives deeply. Ex post, everything you read seems like common sense, ex ante however it is not. This simple, highly entertaining book will provide you with a practical sense of how to interpret much of what you hear in the press. You will never view a number in the same way again (and that is a very good thing).
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4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and interesting., 23 May 2009
I saw this book at the airport, and I liked it, I saw it as a possibly interesting book. Finally, I bought it here at Amazon, mainly because I wanted to get some insights in statistics, but in a divulgative style. And this book fits perfectly for that. It teaches statistics from the ground with examples from the real life, with examples to which we are so used, and are very near to us. The book is written in a straightforward and clear way, thus one gets the ideas behind the book very well. At the end of the book there is a summary with the ideas briefly stated, so even better. Finally, the book is very nice to read because of the stories that tells, that give to the book a colourful and nice "novel"-style. I recommend absolutely this book to all the people in order to get a better idea of what statistics is and how the numbers that we see on the mainstream usually are obtained.
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