2024 the best books ever written review

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Taking an amusing and digestible look at the usually dry world of probability and statistics, this is the ultimate guide to how you can incorporate them into everyday life, from one of the world’s most sought-after experts in game theory.

This book reveals how statistics and probability are fundamental to our everyday lives—from advertisements to public opinion polls, weather forecasts to government policies, scientific research to stock market information. Haim Shapira then presents a myriad of anecdotes, riddles, case studies and practical exercises in his trademark witty voice to guide the listener through the importance of statistics and probability in everyday life. Some examples include:

making sense of NBA stats—discover who is the greatest scorer of all timea beginner’s guide to gambling successfullywhy events of very low probability have happened, are happening and will happenwhat role stats have to play in flat-earth conspiracy argumentsthe likelihood of winning the lotterymisconceptions about statistical findings surrounding COVID-19what “beyond reasonable doubt” really meansa case of misunderstood probabilities in the Sally Clarke and OJ Simpson trials

With easy-to-follow explanations, tables and graphs of all the maths behind the statistics—averages, standard deviation, percentiles, logarithmic scales, correlation coefficient—this book provides everything you need to know to determine your options and calculate your chance of success, thereby learning to make better decisions.

Reviewer: Guy Friedman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Epic Book
Review: I don't know if this is the best book ever written - I haven't read them all, but there is no doubt that it is an excellent book. The book is highly entertaining, despite the importance of the things discussed.