The Numbers Game: A Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
Michael Blastland, Andrew Dilnot, . . Gotham, $22 (210pp) ISBN 978-1-592-40423-0
Americans are assaulted by numbers, whether it's the latest political poll or most recent clinical study on caffeine. But what do these numbers really mean and are they communicating a categorical truth? Blastland and Dilnot, from the BBC radio show
Reviewed on: 09/22/2008
Genre: Nonfiction
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