Mathematics of life and death: 7 mathematical principles that form our life

Many of us are afraid of mathematicians and do not love her. You can say even hate. And in vain. The mathematical stories of Kita Yates clearly demonstrate how mathematics fills and controls our life. Each of the chapters is devoted to one mathematical principle, for example, probability theory, and demonstrates how this concept is realized in everyday life. You will learn about unfair court decisions based on mathematical errors, about the drawn consequences of the catastrophe in Chernobyl, about how to manipulate statistics and prevent epidemics. And all this thanks to the queen of sciences. The availability of material presentation, the lack of complex mathematical formulas, a visual demonstration of the importance of mathematics in our lives are the main principles of the book