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“david sumpter”

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  • Soccermatics

    Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game

    by David Sumpter ...
    'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analystFootball – the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in ... Read more

    $13.59 USD

  • The Ten Equations That Rule the World

    And How You Can Use Them Too

    by David Sumpter ...
    Discover the Secret Formulas Behind Success, Wealth, and HappinessIs there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship?In Ten Equations That Rule the World, mathematician David Sumpter reveals the ten integral equations that are the key to everything from investment banking to betting companies and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Four Ways of Thinking

    A Journey into Human Complexity

    by David Sumpter ...
    Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shares practical and insightful solutions for navigating the chaos and complexity of our livesWhat is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? Could it help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health?As acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Outnumbered

    From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives

    by David Sumpter ...
    'Fascinating' - Financial TimesAlgorithms are running our society, and as the Cambridge Analytica story has revealed, we don't really know what they are up to.Our increasing reliance on technology and the internet has opened a window for mathematicians and data researchers to gaze through into our lives. Using the data they are constantly collecting about where we travel, where we shop, what we ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Ten Equations That Rule the World

    And How You Can Use Them Too

    by David Sumpter ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 54 min

    Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? 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, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Four Ways of Thinking

    A Journey into Human Complexity

    by David Sumpter ...
    Narrated by Sam Woolf ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 46 min

    This program is read by actor Sam Woolf, known for his roles on Call the Midwife, Humans, The Crown, and The Witcher. He currently stars in the World War II drama We Were The Lucky Ones.Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shares practical and insightful solutions for navigating the chaos and complexity of our livesWhat is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our o. ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    by Christopher Somerville ...
    Narrated by Christopher Somerville ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 5 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walking correspondent of The Times and author of Coast, The January Man and Ships of Heaven) sets out to interrogate the land beneath our feet, and how it has affected every aspect of human history from farming to house construction, the Industrial Revolution to the current climate crisis ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    No Way Out

    Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris

    by Tim Shipman ...
    Narrated by Rupert Farley ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 21 min

    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Meticulously sourced, merciless and revelatory. It is a closely observed study of power, and how it is gained, used and lost' FINANCIAL TIMESThe unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman’s #1 bestselling Brexit quartet.To follow his bestselling books All Out War and Fall Out, this book launches off from 2017 to offer an unflinching, unfiltered account o... ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    Coming of Age

    How Adolescence Shapes Us

    by Lucy Foulkes ...
    Narrated by Katherine Press ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 28 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Why do teenagers act as they do?**** A GUARDIAN AND TELEGRAPH BEST PAPERBACK PICK **What we experience during adolescence shapes us for life, but psychologist Lucy Foulkes shows that too often we fear, dismiss or even try to prevent aspects of it that are crucial to our development. Drawing on decades of psychological research, and including profoundly moving interviews ... Read more

    $19.11 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

  • Football Hackers

    The Science and Art of a Data Revolution

    by Christoph Biermann ...
    Well written and thoughtful. Takes us on a tour of some of Europe's most innovative football thinkers - Financial TimesThe future of football is now.Football's data revolution has only just begun. The arrival of advanced metrics and detailed analysis is already reshaping the modern game. We can now fully assess player performance, analyse the role of luck and measure what really leads to victory. ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Mixer

    The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines

    by Michael Cox ...
    An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of the competition.Back in 1992, English football was stuck in the dark ages, emerging from a five-year ban from European competition. The game was physical, bruising and attritional, based on strength over speed, aggression over finesse. It was the era ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • How To Watch Football

    52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

    by Tifo - The Athletic ...
    'I love Tifo' Ian Wright'Tifo are great' Alan Shearer'Tifo have changed the game when it comes to football analysis' Elis JamesRULE #1: DON'T WATCH THE BALLYes, football is about stars, goals and glory. But it's also about the intense calculations and movements being made by the twenty-one other players on the pitch. It's about the ticking clock, and the bellowing fans, and their impact on pla... ... Read more

    $14.59 USD