From the Book - First Scribner hardcover edition.
Introduction: almost everything
Thinking exponentially: the sobering limits of power
Sensitivity, specificity, and second opinions: how math makes medicine manageable
The laws of mathematics: investigating the role of mathematics in the law
Don't believe the truth: debunking media statistics
Wrong place, wrong time: when our number systems let us down
Relentless optimization: from evolution to e-commerce, life is an algorithm
Susceptible, infective, removed: how to stop an epidemic
Epilogue: mathematical emancipation.