Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do

by Kaiser Fung

Book Overview

WHAT ARE THE ODDS YOU'LL WIN THE LOTTERY?

How long will your kids wait in line at Disney World?

Who decides that "standardized tests" are fair?

Why do highway engineers build slow-moving ramps?

What does it mean, statistically, to be an "Average Joe"?

NUMBERS RULE YOUR WORLD
In the popular tradition of eye-opening bestsellers like Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, and Super Crunchers, this fascinating book from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071626530
• ISBN13: 9780071626538
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.5"