David Sumpter
British-Swedish mathematician and author, professor of applied mathematics at Uppsala University, known for applying mathematics to social and biological systems and sports analytics; author of Soccermatics, Outnumbered, and The Ten Equations That Rule the World.
Books
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1. The Ten Equations That Rule The World
And How You Can Use Them Too
An accessible tour of ten mathematical ideas that shape modern life—from probability, Bayesian reasoning, random walks, and power laws to networks, game theory, and optimization—showing how they drive decisions in technology, markets, sports, and politics, while exposing their assumptions, biases, and limits; it offers practical intuition for applying them to think more clearly, make better choices, and resist manipulation by algorithms.
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