Numbercrunch

The perfect introduction to the power of mathematics - fluent, friendly and practical.Tim Harford, author of 'How to Make the World Add Up'

A clear, straightforward, informative guide to understanding numbers. I wish I'd read it years ago.Tom Chivers, author of 'How to Read Numbers'

An excellent, straightforward introduction to usefulness of numbers, which gets to the heart of why maths is so important to all of us.David Sumpter, author of 'The Ten Equations that Rule the World'

A fine and valuable read. Johnson applies careful analysis and great common sense to an extraordinary range of applications of mathematical ideas, from football to filter bubbles - explaining formal ideas with minimum technicalities, and weighing their relevance to the real world.David Spiegelhalter, author of 'The Art of Statistics'