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Product Description The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller'Tim Harford could well be Britain's Malcolm Gladwell'Alex Bellos, author of Alex's Adven...

Review Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what what you would expect from Tim Harford -- Bill BrysonHarford is a fine, perce...

'Endlessly insightful and full of surprises - exactly what you would expect from Tim Harford' BILL BRYSON 'Entertaining . . . A lively introducti...

'Original, thought-provoking and a joy to read' Tim Harford Winner of best smart thinking book (Business Book Awards) and a Guardian best books of...

'Tim Harford is peerless at making sense of a complicated world and our place within it. This is a book that all children should read' - Matthew Sy...

'Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvi...

'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford '[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a p...

Review A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases. -- Barack Obama One of the m...

Product Description How was a brilliant physics professor tricked into carrying 2kg of cocaine across the Argentinian border? Why do doctors misd...

'Fascinating . . . timely' Daily Mail 'Refreshingly clear and engaging' Tim Harford 'Delightful . . . full of unique insights' Prof Sir David Spi...

'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford '[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a p...

Product Description 'Refreshingly clear and engaging' Tim Harford'Delightful . . . full of unique insights' Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter There's ...

Review A charming, practical and insightful guide. You might not even notice how much you're learning - you'll be too busy having fun -- TIM HARFO...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* *AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE* 'Deli...

'As Chris Goodall explains, removing fossil fuels from our energy system is technologically feasible ... and we should take heart that these steps ...

Review Bodanis' book is more than a business book, it is a primer for anyone fed up with the meanness of much of society, and looking for inspirat...