Let's face it, numbers underpin every aspect of our lives - from the supermarket shop to social media metrics and even our notions of what is beautiful - but more than that, being numerically literate can open doors to better life choices, greater financial wellbeing and allow us to digest information in a digital age. In Understanding Numbers , Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas will show key number patterns and maths principles that are vital to our every day - and, far from learning complex sums by heart, they ...
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Let's face it, numbers underpin every aspect of our lives - from the supermarket shop to social media metrics and even our notions of what is beautiful - but more than that, being numerically literate can open doors to better life choices, greater financial wellbeing and allow us to digest information in a digital age. In Understanding Numbers , Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas will show key number patterns and maths principles that are vital to our every day - and, far from learning complex sums by heart, they reveal techniques and insights to equip us with an innate numerical common sense.
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"Simple, clear explanations of twenty ways in which mathematics helps us to understand practical issues of everyday life. Suitable for teenagers and adults, and beautifully produced. Highly recommended! "-Professor Ian Stewart, bestselling author of The Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities Mathematics is an indispensable tool for life. From the systems that underpin our newsfeeds, through to the data analysis that informs our health and financial decisions, to the algorithms that power how we search online-mathematics is at the heart of how our modern world functions. In 20 dip-in lessons, Understanding Numbers explains how and why mathematics fuels your world and arms you with the knowledge to make wiser choices in all areas of your life. * Make sense of health statistics * Understand the mathematics behind political voting systems * Get to grips with how online search tools work * Discover how mathematics can create the perfect city
