More or Less returns on Radio 4 on Wednesday at 9am BST - do tune in, or subscribe to the podcast. If you have questions or comments drop us an email at moreorless@bbc.co.uk. Still time to buy the Sunday Times bestseller How To Make The World Add Up - and a reminder...
Bestsellers. If you bought a copy of How To Make The World Add Up in paperback publication week – thank you, especially since the book was announced as a Sunday Times bestseller yesterday. I am so delighted and so grateful for the support; the Sunday Times bestseller...
A brief history of Extra Life: I'm interviewing Steven Johnson about his new book "Extra Life" - all about how life expectancy has grown so dramatically over the last century or so. As you'd expect from Steven the book is fascinating - do drop in (5pm ET Monday 17 May...
Publication week! How To Make The World Add Up is out in paperback this week everywhere except North America. I understand that we're on the cusp of the bestseller list in the UK, which would be a Big Deal in terms of winning attention for the book - so if you have...
The Scout Mindset. I eagerly awaited The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef, a superb interviewer and a throughgoing disciple of the path of rationality. Galef is interested in being right, finding the truth, and all the ways in which we mislead ourselves. I was expecting,...
Next up is Julia Galef's The Scout Mindset which looks terrific but which I have not yet read. Meanwhile I have curated a list of the best books for thinking about data, and - seperately - some recommendations of twitter people to follow on the subject of maths and in...
Cautionary Tales - why organisations squander good ideas... I've been so pleased at all the kind comments from around the world about the new season of Cautionary Tales. If you haven't sampled it, please do so. I love working on the scripts and the narration, but I'm...
I'm delighted to announce that the paperback edition of "How To Make The World Add Up" is imminent - it will be published on 6th May in the UK as well as Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa , and indeed anywhere else outside the US and...
A few weeks ago Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter and I sat down to talk about "what do the numbers mean?", courtesy of the Cambridge Festival. The conversation is now online - enjoy! I am popping with delight at the news that I have been shortlisted for Journalist of...