Draws on real-life examples and the studies of H.G. Wells and John Allen Paulos to explain how misunderstandings about numbers can compromise personal health and security.
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Gerd Gigerenzer is director of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. He has taught at several universities, including the University of Chicago and the University of Virginia, and has been a Fellow at the Center of Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
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