TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yates,Kit
TI  - The maths of life and death: why maths is (almost) everything 
SN  - 9781787475427
U1  - 510 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Quercus
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Introduction : almost everything -- Thinking exponentially : exploring the awesome power and sobering limits of exponential behaviour -- Sensitivity, specificity and second opinions : why maths makes medicine matter -- The laws of mathematics : investigating the role of mathematics in law -- Don't believe the truth : debunking media statistics -- Wrong place, wrong time : the evolution of our numbering systems  and how they let us down -- Relentless optimisation : the unconstrained potential of algorithms, from evolution to e-commerce -- Susceptible, infective, removed : containing disease is in our own hands -- Epilogue : mathematical emancipation
ER  -