David Spiegelhalter Michael Blastlan The Norm Chronicle (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Norm ChroniclesCondition: NewSubtitle: Stories and numbers about dangerISBN-10: 1846686210EAN: 9781846686214ISBN: 9781846686214Edition: MainPublisher: Profile Books LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/05/2014Description: Meet Norm. He's 31, 5'9", just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn't do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He's a pretty average kind of guy. In fact, he is the average guy in this clever and unusual take on statistical risk, chance, and how these two factors affect our everyday choices. Watch as Norm (who, like all average specimens, feels himself to be uniquely special), and his friends careful Prudence and reckless Kelvin, turns to statistics to help him in life's endless series of choices - should I fly or take the train? Have a baby? Another drink? Or another sausage? Do a charity skydive or get a lift on a motorbike?Because chance and risk aren't just about numbers - it's about what we believe, who we trust and how we feel about the world around us. From a world expert in risk and the bestselling author of The Tiger That Isn't (and creator of BBC Radio 4's More or Less), this is a commonsense (and wildly entertaining) guide to personal risk and decoding the statistics that represent it.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 198mmItem Length: 130mmItem Width: 20mmItem Weight: 270gAuthor: David Spiegelhalter, Michael BlastlandGenre: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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