The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck (Pelican Books) Hardcover – 19 Sept. 2024

I love this book. You can tell that it is written by an expert in communication. It navigates complex concepts in an easy to read manner. The wealth of knowledge in it goes beyond statistics, risk and chance. It is extremely well organised and excellently written. I have really enjoyed reading this book.

Bought this as a gift for my husband he s very pleased with it ...easy to order and it was delivered promptly

I bought this as a present for my wife. She enjoyed it and found it informative. In parts it is quite technical, to fully appreciate it you probably need to be above average numeracy, but good for anyone who wants to understand day to day numbers and statistics we get bombarded with.

Another superb contribution from this famous statistician who made major contributions to public understanding of the Covid epidemic (see on this site). There was nothing comparable to this when I was at medical schooI ("Facts from Figures", was a bit indigestible) where I doubt statistics and probability is formally taught anymore. But they should be if, for example, clinical data and trials are to be better understood by medics. The Reverend Bayes also deserves greater recognition. I predict there is very little chance of this book being bettered for what it is - a serious introduction to statistics for the non-expert.

There is much fantastic information in this but it is not an easy read. Still very maths-technical (which you might expect) and some of it just frankly tedious to read. I ended up giving up on it half way through. The maths-technical writing outweighed the interesting and accessible parts. It isn’t written at text book/journal level of writing, but it certainly is not an easy read either. I had hoped for some personal learning achievement but much either went over my head or was too dull to persevere with. For the record I ain’t thick!

You don't need to be a maths or stats person to be able to follow this book although it does help to have some knowledge of probability. I like how it relates stats to real world situations. Once I have finished thisI will have a look at his other book the Art of Statistics.

Excellent book about probability and risk. Not at all mathsy but very readable and interesting. Full of common sense and avoids hysterics (such as eating toast will kill you).Recommended

Brilliant and fascinating