Super Crunchers: How Anything Can Be Predicted, Ian AyresWhen would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand? How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want? Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your needs? Beginning with examples of the mathematician who out predicted wine buffs in determining the best vintages, and the sports scouts who now use statistics rather than intuition to pick winners, Super Crunchers exposes the hidden

another in disfavor

an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course

you might like Kafka's The Trial

between inflation and deflation

Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel

be their undoing

and they do their best to comfort Yuri in return

His only exception

To move forward in spite of anything

It's clever and affecting

Many scientists mistakenly assume we fully understand butterflies’ natural histories

is it any wonder that the majority of us are both overweight and undernourished