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      Tim Harford
      How to Make the World Add Up : Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers

      2021 | Nakladatelství Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.

      When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistics are vital in helping us tell stories - we see them in the papers, on social media, and we hear them used in everyday conversation - and yet we doubt them more than ever. But number…s - in the right hands - have the power to change the world for the better. Contrary to popular belief, good statistics are not a trick, although they are a kind of magic. Good statistics are not smoke and mirrors; in fact, they help us see more clearly. Good statistics are like a telescope for an astronomer, a microscope for a bacteriologist, or an X-ray for a radiologist. If we are willing to let them, good statistics help us see things about the world around us and about ourselves - both large and small - that we would not be able to see in any other way. In How to Make the World Add Up, Tim Harford draws on his experience as both an economist and presenter of the BBC's radio show 'More or Less'. He takes us deep into the world of disinformation and obfuscation, bad research and misplaced motivation to find those priceless jewels of data and analysis that make communicating with numbers worthwhile. Harford's characters range from the art forger who conned the Nazis to the stripper who fell in love with the most powerful congressman in Washington, to famous data detectives such as John Maynard Keynes, Daniel Kahneman and Florence Nightingale. He reveals how we can evaluate the claims that surround us with confidence, curiosity and a healthy level of scepticism. Using ten simple rules for understanding numbers - plus one golden rule - this extraordinarily insightful book shows how if we keep our wits about us, thinking carefully about the way numbers are sourced and presented, we can look around us and see with crystal clarity how the world adds up. When was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistics are vital in helping us tell stories - we see them in the pap…ers, on social media, and we hear them used in everyday conversation - and yet we doubt them more than ever. But numbers - in the right hands - have the power to change the world for the better. Contrary to popular belief, good statistics are not a trick, although they are a kind of magic. Good statistics are not smoke and mirrors; in fact, they help us see more clearly. Good statistics are like a telescope for an astronomer, a microscope for a bacteriologist, or an X-ray for a radiologist. If we are willing to let them, good statistics help us see things about the world around us and about ourselves - both large and small - that we would not be able to see in any other way. In How to Make the World Add Up, Tim Harford draws on his experience as both an economist and presenter of the BBC's radio show 'More or Less'. He takes us deep into the world of disinformation and obfuscation, bad research and misplaced motivation to find those priceless jewels of data and analysis that make communicating with numbers worthwhile. Harford's characters range from the art forger who conned the Nazis to the stripper who fell in love with the most powerful congressman in Washington, to famous data detectives such as John Maynard Keynes, Daniel Kahneman and Florence Nightingale. He reveals how we can evaluate the claims that surround us with confidence, curiosity and a healthy level of scepticism. Using ten simple rules for understanding numbers - plus one golden rule - this extraordinarily insightful book shows how if we keep our wits about us, thinking carefully about the way numbers are sourced and presented, we can look around us and see with crystal clarity how the world adds up.

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      Stav:
      Nová
      Vazba: Brožovaná
      Počet stran: 352
      Jazyk:  anglicky
      ISBN10: 0349143862
      ISBN: 9780349143866
      Vydání: 1
      Vystaveno: 5. 8. 2025 0:27
      Číslo položky: 1330698

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      Tim Harford

      Tim Harford

      Práce z oboru ekonomie a financí.Tim Harford píše pro list Financial Times známý sloupek ?The Undercover Economist? a v časopise Men?s Health vede rubriku „Dear Economist“. Publikuje i v dalších časopisech a novinách jako Esquire, Forbes, New York Magazine, Wired, The Washington Post a The New York Times. Napsal také několik knih, z nich nejznámější je The Undercover Economist , které se po světě prodalo přes jeden milion výtisků. Dalšími jsou Logika života , Dear Undercover Economist a The Undercover Economist Strikes Back . Harford je hostujícím profesorem na Nuffield College v Oxfordu a na londýnské Cass Business School. V roce 2006 získal Bastiatovu cenu za ekonomický žurnalismus. Uvádí také pořad More or Less vysílaný stanicí BBC Radio 4.

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