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Pros
You don't need to be a nerd to enjoy it. Matt parker is a good person in book and youtube.
The book is written in a very accessible, humorous way and things were explained well. Cleverly done. Interesting and entertaining. Thoroughly enjoyable. Read with great pleasure.
Cons
The “story telling” is really shallow and often each anecdotal “mistake’ comes to an abrupt end. Why is 3 halfway between 1 and 10?
Highlights
Quality
Parker writes with flair and real wit with the odd laughoutloud oneliner too
Anyone using data professionally should read this then place it somewhere prominent in their unused fondue set with the cover f... Read More
Something presumably went a little awry with the layout
Competitiveness
I reccomend reading it slowly a chapter at a sitting
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- This product had a total of 3,162 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 24 2023.
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I bought the book with a token not from amazon
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I know of one or two other examples of glitches hidden deep within computer software that were copied over into upgrades and only discovered by accident
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Maybe it could have had more examples of how these errors can be avoided
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If you wish to get the giststyle check out his channels
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The remainder of the book however never approached this high point
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So its not really maths failures per se in most cases but applied maths used loosely where the applier is just as culpable often more as the mathematical solution they are trying to apply
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Excel is a spreadsheet not a database won my heart
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Benfords system for identifying financial fraud look at the left hand digit and plot its frequency tells you much
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