David Spiegelhalter
Sir David Spiegelhalter has been Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge since October 2007. He divides his work between the Statistical Laboratory and the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit. Spiegelhalter is an ISI highly cited researcher.
Books by David Spiegelhalter
“The Art of Statistics is a really accessible and comprehensive introduction to statistics. It’s not only about the tools of statistics, but it also goes through lots of interesting and relevant areas where statistics can help us make important decisions.” Read more...
Kit Yates, Mathematician
Interviews with David Spiegelhalter
The best books on Statistics and Risk, recommended by David Spiegelhalter
Every statistic is the result of someone’s work, and we’d do well to ask ourselves why it was created. That way, says the statistician, we have a better chance of working out when dangers are being overstated and data misused
Interviews where books by David Spiegelhalter were recommended
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The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data
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Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty
by Ian Stewart -
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Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
by Matt Parker -
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Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus
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The Creativity Code: Art and Innovation in the Age of AI
by Marcus du Sautoy
The Best Math Books of 2019, recommended by Kit Yates
The Best Math Books of 2019, recommended by Kit Yates
As math becomes increasingly important in our daily lives, eminent mathematicians and statisticians have stepped up to the plate, writing books that are engaging for non-experts—and sometimes even funny. Kit Yates, a mathematical biologist and author of The Math of Life and Death, recommends the best math books of 2019.
