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