David Spiegelhalter
Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge, former president of the Royal Statistical Society, and author of The Art of Statistics.
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Do You Feel Lucky? Loved
This is part of the Murderous Maths series, and is my favourite book. It is great. It is a book for secondary school kids full of cartoons and lovely characters like this filthy boy called Pongo McWhiffy, or the one I like best is an upper-class idiot called Binky Smallbrains who falls for every trick. It is a book about chance, luck and probability, and these are difficult things that people have to learn about at school. This book really cracks through it. It starts with probability trees
fivebooks.com 2011-09-25
Damned Lies and Statistics Liked
I like this book because one of the things that really irritates me as a statistician is when numbers are bandied around as though they are God-given truths and can't be argued with.
fivebooks.com 2011-09-25
How Risky Is It, Really? Recommends
Yes, this is a completely non-technical book, which is looking at things from the point of view of psychology. It is essentially a review of the recent research on risk perception.
fivebooks.com 2011-09-25
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Dicing with Death Recommends
This book is somewhat similar to The Drunkard's Walk in that it covers the history of probability. But since Stephen's background is in medical statistics, he looks at clinical trials and other medical studies.
fivebooks.com 2011-09-25
The Drunkard's Walk Recommends
This is a general introduction to the history of probability and the way it comes into everyday life. It intersperses the historical development with modern applications, and looks at finance, sport, gambling, lotteries and coincidences.
fivebooks.com 2011-09-25