The Norm Chronicles: Stories and Numbers About Danger and Death
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00UGGHJN4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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.. 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 three seconds off your life. 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 MicroMorta - a one-in-a-million chance of dying
Masterful mix of data and stories about risk David J. Aldous In many ways this is an exemplar of marvelous popular science writing. It discusses risks we face as individuals living our ordinary lives. It presents a lively mixture of data, ways of thinking about data, and the "psychology of risk", that is our emotional reactions to risks. And these are illustrated by both real-world stories and imaginative little fictional stories about Norm (everyman) as c. "Important" according to ubpdqn. This is an important book and fits comfortably with "Thinking, fast and slow", "Black Swan" and "The Signal and the Noise".The authors explore the evaluation and communication of risk through fictional characters: Norm, Prudence and the Kelvins and their journey's through life. Norm is the average man who uses reason and probability/statistics to traverse the challenges of life. Prudence is extre. "It avoids being a lot of boring statistics by personalizing the various scenarios that can and" according to Vincent Egry. This book has an astonishing level of detail on the probabilities of surviving almost anything that could shorten your life. It avoids being a lot of boring statistics by personalizing the various scenarios that can and have put pople at risk. Perhaps its most valuable service is allowing ordinary people to decide how to prioritize their behavior in order to avoid, control, or in some cases, seek