Michael Blastland is a writer and broadcaster. He was the originator and first producer of BBC Radio 4's More or Less, Britain's most authoritative guide to numbers and evidence in public argument. He is the bestselling author of The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers, a book about numbers and how to interpret them, which he co-authored with Andrew Dilnot. He also wrote The Norm Chronicles, co-authored with Professor David Spiegelhalter.
6 Ebooks door Michael Blastland
Michael Blastland: The Hidden Half
Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' – those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world. We hu …
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Andrew Dilnot & Michael Blastland: The Tiger That Isn’t
Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. Most maths is really simple – as easy as 2+2 in fact. Better …
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Michael Blastland: Joe
An exceptionally haunting memoir that also shows us what it is to be really human. In a hardware store, Joe sits on a display toilet amidst the throng of customers and wees, smiling serenely. He thum …
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David Spiegelhalter & Michael Blastland: The Norm Chronicles
Meet Norm. He’s 31, 5’9′, just over 13 stone, and works a 39 hour week. He likes a drink, doesn’t do enough exercise and occasionally treats himself to a bar of chocolate (milk). He’s a pretty averag …
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Michael Blastland: Thinking in Pictures
'One of the most original writers around. He has profoundly influenced my thinking.' Hannah Fry Why thinking in pictures? Short answer: because the words seem to need help. If you sample th …
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