How Long to Read How to Expect the Unexpected

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Expect the Unexpected?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 14 minutes to read How to Expect the Unexpected by Kit Yates

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A “vivid, wide-ranging, and delightful guide” (bestselling author Tim Harford) for understanding how and why predictions go wrong, with practical tips to give you a better chance of getting them right How can you be 100 percent sure you will win a bet? Why did so many Pompeians stay put while Mount Vesuvius was erupting? Are you more likely to work in a kitchen if your last name is Baker? Ever since the dawn of human civilization, we have been trying to make predictions about what the world has in store for us. For just as long, we have been getting it wrong. In How to Expect the Unexpected, mathematician Kit Yates uncovers the surprising science that undergirds our predictions—and how we can use it to our advantage. From religious oracles to weather forecasters, and from politicians to economists, we are subjected to poor predictions all the time. Synthesizing results from math, biology, psychology, sociology, medicine, economic theory, and physics, Yates provides tools for readers to understand uncertainty and to recognize the cognitive biases that make accurate predictions so hard to come by. This book will teach you how and why predictions go wrong, help you to spot phony forecasts, and give you a better chance of getting your own predictions correct.

How long is How to Expect the Unexpected?

How to Expect the Unexpected by Kit Yates is 372 pages long, and a total of 93,744 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 115% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How to Expect the Unexpected Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 32 minutes to read How to Expect the Unexpected aloud.

What Reading Level is How to Expect the Unexpected?

How to Expect the Unexpected is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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