A review by zhzhang
The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives by Kit Yates

5.0

A very down-to-earth book using math to explain a lot of situations in daily life, especially currently for the corona virus spread all over the world. The chapters of exponential growth, the sensitivity, specificity and second opinion and the S-I-R model all contribute a very good explanation of a epidemic. The author also tackles different sides of manipulation of math. We can use math to make our life much more easier or the other way around - The miscalculation of a dosage due to wrong decimal points could lead us to a fatal situation. I learned a lot from this book which also has helped to see through the numbers themselves and understand the message needs to be delivered behind the numbers.