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Q&A: Kit Yates

Why this book?

It’s the right time. Math is fundamental for grasping the complicated phenomena we experience every day. It’s the flow of water through our taps and the electricity that keeps the lights on. It’s the ads we see in our internet browsers to the “friend” recommendations pushed at us on Facebook. I want people to know how they can both avoid falling victim to mathematical manipulators and use math to their

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