Lying Numbers
Lying Numbers A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and briefings to business presentations and…
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Lying Numbers
A readily understandable exploration of how figures are badly reported or deliberately misrepresented everywhere from political arguments and briefings to business presentations and shopping offers.Praise for Hugh Barker's Million Dollar Maths: 'Great fun. Hugh Barker makes deep ideas fun and profitable.' William Poundstone - author of How to Predict the UnpredictablePoliticians, economists, scientists, journalists . . . A clear, original and highly readable account of the curious relationship between mathematics and money.' Professor Ian Stewart - author of Significant Figures 'A lively crash course in the mathematics of gambling, investing, and managing.
But surely the numbers and statistics they rely on are cold, hard all of them have been known to bend the truth and to twist the facts from time to time.