One of the most original writers around. He has profoundly influenced my thinking. Hannah Fry Why thinking in pictures? Short answer: because the words seem to need help. If you sample the many smart-thinking books to hit the shelves recently, they all promise a smarter, more rational you, and it all seems just pages away. But if the books are that good, why are there so many? And have they succeeded in moving the dial of peoples reasoning? Using illustrations and photographs, Michael Blastland shows how pictures can help put ideas to the test, making them vivid, showing them in action. Part guide, part gallery, Thinking in Pictures is a brilliantly original and witty introduction to smart-thinking - how to use it and when to question it - for anyone trying to make sense of a puzzling world.
Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is The Hidden Half - those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world.We humans are very clever creatures - but were idiots about how clever we really are. In this entertaining and ingenious book, Blastland reveals how in our quest to make the world more understandable, we lose sight of how unexplainable it often is. The result - from GDP figures to medicine - is that experts know a lot less than they think. Filled with compelling stories from economics, genetics, business, and science, The Hidden Half is a warning that an explanation which works in one arena may not work in another. Entertaining and provocative, it will change how you view the world.
En este libro apasionante y accesible, lleno de ejemplos prácticos y de sentido común, los autores nos guían a través de una jungla que pocas veces ha sido tan divertida de visitar: la de las cifras