Is That a Big Number?

by Andrew Elliott

Impressive statistics are thrown at us every day - the cost of health care; the size of an earthquake; the distance to the nearest star; the number of giraffes in the world.

We know all these numbers are important - some more than others - and it's vaguely unsettling when we don't really have a clear sense of how remarkable or how ordinary they are. How do we work out what these figures actually mean? Are they significant, should we be worried,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198821220
• ISBN13: 9780198821229
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"