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A revolutionary and utterly original book revealing why we should doubt experts - and question ourselves
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About the Author
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.
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A groundbreaking and ingenious perspective on the barriers to human understanding, The Hidden Half is essential reading for thinkers and decision-makers everywhere.
Why is vital economic data often hopelessly wrong? What makes young criminals turn out so unpredictably different? Why does scientific research produce lots of false findings? Why do many prescription medicines do nothing for most people? The answer lies in 'The Hidden Half' - a world of fascinating complexity that defies our attempts to comprehend it.
Using counter-intuitive stories from economics, policy, genetics, business and science, Michael Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how easily it frustrates us. Entertaining and provocative, this will change how you think.
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