And How You Can Use Them Too

The Ten Equations that Rule the World

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 
 
'An entertaining tour that will change how you see the world' Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden 
 
Is there a secret formula for improving your life? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship? 
 
This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, guard against financial loss, live more healthily and see through scaremongering. They are known only by mathematicians - until now. 
 
With wit and clarity, mathematician David Sumpter shows that it isn't the technical details which make these formulas so successful. It is the way they allow mathematicians to view problems from a different angle - a way of seeing the world that anyone can learn. 
 
Empowering and illuminating, The Ten Equations that Rule the World shows how maths really can change your life.

Sometimes books about numbers come along and we're so ecstatic that we just pop with delight. One such book is The Ten Equations that Rule The World

Hugely entertaining, erudite and at times genuinely witty . . . it's nice to be spoken to in grown-up language by a genius. You will come away from Sumpter's book with a much clearer idea of why the world is less messy than it appears

These aren't the equations of Newton or Einstein -- crisp relations describing the evolution of a clockwork universe. These are the equations of randomness, expectation, and imperfect information. The equations, in other words, of the real world. David Sumpter provides an entertaining tour that will change how you see the world

Sean Carroll author of Something Deeply Hidden

Sumpter writes fascinatingly about his experiences as a consulting mathematician. . . I will encourage my mathematics undergraduates to read this book since it will inspire them by showing the relevance of mathematics to today's world and make them think about the moral issues they will face as mathematicians

This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, guard against financial loss, live more healthily and see through scaremongering. They are known only by mathematicians - until now. 
 
With wit and clarity, mathematician David Sumpter shows that it isn't the technical details which make these formulas so successful. It is the way they allow mathematicians to view problems from a different angle - a way of seeing the world that anyone can learn. 
 
Empowering and illuminating, The Ten Equations that Rule the World shows how maths really can change your life.

David Sumpter

I wish David Sumpter had been my maths teacher. I hated the subject at school. I hoover up his books now. . . He unpicks four big 20th-century ideas, all related to mathematical modelling of real-world behaviour. His particular genius is to apply these ways of thinking to relatable situations

A mathematician tries to make sense of the world through different lenses in this surprisingly original book. . . Eccentrically fascinating and enjoyable

Four Ways of Thinking by mathematician David Sumpter shows numbers illuminating human complexities… positing that all phenomena are, mathematically speaking, either stable, periodic, chaotic or complex. Learn the differences between these phenomena, and you are halfway to better understanding your own life … gripping

Packed with practical examples and insightful wisdom, this book will sharpen your mind, empower your decision-making, and leave you equipped to navigate life's challenges with wit and acumen. A highly enjoyable and effective guide to better thinking

Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex

Beyond all the facts and figures, there is just one question at the heart of science: what is the best way to think about the world? Yet in our everyday lives, this is something we rarely consider. How often do we wonder about our own thinking and how it might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? How it might help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health? 
 
Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter has spent decades pondering what we could all learn from the attitudes and mindsets of scientists. Four Ways of Thinking is the result. Combining engaging personal experience with insightful analyses of everyday conundrums and life choices - from how to bicker less with our partners to the best way to pitch to an unreceptive audience - Sumpter shows there are four easily applied approaches to our problems: statistical, interactive, chaotic and complex. 
 
With warmth and wit - and a tiny bit of number crunching - he guides us through all four, revealing how these tried and tested ways of thinking can change our lives. Along the way, he tells the inspiring stories of the ground-breaking mathematicians, biologists and rocket scientists who first put them into practice and transformed the world.

David Sumpter

Praise for Four Ways of Thinking

I wish David Sumpter had been my maths teacher. I hated the subject at school. I hoover up his books now. . . He unpicks four big 20th-century ideas, all related to mathematical modelling of real-world behaviour. Hi ...

A mathematician tries to make sense of the world through different lenses in this surprisingly original book. . . Eccentrically fascinating and enjoyable

Four Ways of Thinking by mathematician David Sumpter shows numbers illuminating human complexities… positing that all phenomena are, mathematically speaking, either stable, periodic, chaotic or complex. Learn ...

I wish David Sumpter had been my maths teacher. I hated the subject at school. I hoover up his books now. . . He unpicks four big 20th-century ideas, all related to mathematical modelling of real-world behaviour. Hi ...

A mathematician tries to make sense of the world through different lenses in this surprisingly original book. . . Eccentrically fascinating and enjoyable

Four Ways of Thinking by mathematician David Sumpter shows numbers illuminating human complexities… positing that all phenomena are, mathematically speaking, either stable, periodic, chaotic or complex. Learn ...

I wish David Sumpter had been my maths teacher. I hated the subject at school. I hoover up his books now. . . He unpicks four big 20th-century ideas, all related to mathematical modelling of real-world behaviour. Hi ...

A mathematician tries to make sense of the world through different lenses in this surprisingly original book. . . Eccentrically fascinating and enjoyable

Four Ways of Thinking by mathematician David Sumpter shows numbers illuminating human complexities… positing that all phenomena are, mathematically speaking, either stable, periodic, chaotic or complex. Learn ...

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