Thinking in Pictures: Adventures in Trying to be Smart

Michael Blastland

ATLANTIC BOOKS *

<p>Is it safer to fly or take the train? How dangerous is skydiving? And is eating that extra sausage going to kill you? We've all heard the statistics for risky activities, but what do they mean in the real world? In The Norm Chronicles, journalist Michael Blastland and risk expert David Spiegelhalter explore these questions through the stories of average Norm and an ingenious measurement called the MicroMorta - a one-in-a-million chance of dying. They reveal why general anesthesia is as dangerous as a parachute jump, giving birth in the US is nearly twice as risky as in the UK, and that the radiation from eating a banana shaves three seconds off your life. An entertaining guide to the statistics of personal risk, The Norm Chronicles will enlighten anyone who has ever worried about the dangers we encounter in our daily lives. </p>

The Norm Chronicles: Stories and numbers about danger

David Spiegelhalter

Profile Books, Ltd.

The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers

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Profile Books

JOE: THE ONLY BOY IN THE WORLD

Biographies & Memoirs

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