The Norm chronicles: stories and numbers about danger and death Blastland, Michael

By:

Blastland, Michael

Contributor(s):

Spiegelhalter, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Basic Books 2014Description: xx, 358 pISBN:

9780465085705

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.1 B5N6

Summary: A statistician and a journalist reveal the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance, and choice Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do they mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter explore these questions through the stories of average Norm and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMort—a one in a million chance of dying. They reveal why general anesthesia is as dangerous as a parachute jump, giving birth in the US is nearly twice as risky as in the UK, and that the radiation from eating a banana shaves 3 seconds off your life. An entertaining guide to the statistics of personal risk, The Norm Chronicles will enlighten anyone who has ever worried about the dangers we encounter in our daily lives. (http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465085705)

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A statistician and a journalist reveal the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance, and choice
Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do they mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter explore these questions through the stories of average Norm and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMort—a one in a million chance of dying. They reveal why general anesthesia is as dangerous as a parachute jump, giving birth in the US is nearly twice as risky as in the UK, and that the radiation from eating a banana shaves 3 seconds off your life. An entertaining guide to the statistics of personal risk, The Norm Chronicles will enlighten anyone who has ever worried about the dangers we encounter in our daily lives. (http://www.basicbooks.com/full-details?isbn=9780465085705)

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