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The Maths of Life and Death
- Narrated by: Kit Yates
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
Maths is the story of the world around us, and the wisdom it gives us can be the difference between success and disaster.
We are all doing maths all the time, from the way we communicate with each other to the way we travel, from how we work to how we relax. Many of us are aware of this. But few of us really appreciate the full power of maths - the extent to which its influence is not only in every office and every home, but also in every courtroom and hospital ward.
In this eye-opening and extraordinary audiobook, Yates explores the true stories of life-changing events in which the application - or misapplication - of mathematics has played a critical role: patients crippled by faulty genes and entrepreneurs bankrupted by faulty algorithms; innocent victims of miscarriages of justice and the unwitting victims of software glitches. We follow stories of investors who have lost fortunes and parents who have lost children, all because of mathematical misunderstandings.
Along the way, Yates arms us with simple mathematical rules and tools that can help us make better decisions in our increasingly quantitative society. You will discover why it's always sensible to question a statistic, often vital to ask for a second opinion and sometimes surprisingly handy to stick to the 37% rule...
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- Gibril
- 26-05-22
Well written and narrated
Definitely worth the listen! Well written and narrated, I really liked the presentation of things also going wrong as cautionary tales.
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- A V Grandison
- 01-08-23
Enjoyed a lot
Great listening and very interesting. Enjoyed listening to this book a lot. Would highly recommend
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- Karl Deeter
- 25-01-23
The mystery and beauty of maths
This book starts with a guy talking to his child about how to estimate the snail population in their garden amd moves on to cancer statistics, probabilities, pandemics and the mysteries of mathematical science
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- R. Stephens
- 08-12-19
Loved this book!
Loved this book! Interesting and well explained concepts with compelling examples from everyday life. Narration is high quality and enjoyable to listen to.
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- David A Gale
- 09-01-23
Interesting listen
I already liked maths and this book showed me some uses and links I hadn’t thought of.
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- �ystein Gj�vik
- 13-09-22
Great, most of it
I really enjoyed the listen, but have to say some parts were a bit hard to follow. Partially, there were too many numbers to comprehend in audio and the narrator was not the easiest kind of English for an non -English native like myself.
Many examples were really good and having read a lot of math books, they also offered a fresh perspective, unlike many books.
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- Allan
- 14-09-21
Prescient!
Intriguing wide ranging coverage of so many places mathematics affects our lives. Should have been required reading by everyone in late 2019 if not before.
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- RStreet
- 11-12-22
Great explanation of how mathematics impacts all of our lives!
Finished The Maths Of Life and Death by Kit Yates today, and the main takeaway for me was how ubiquitous mathematics is in every area of our society, and also that a basic understanding of mathematics is essential for almost every aspect of our lives. A key message is to check and/or challenge things, even medical diagnoses, because even small errors can have grave and lasting consequences!
It was a good book and one I recommend.
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