More or Less
BBC Radio 4
Tim Harford explains - and sometimes debunks - the numbers and statistics used in political debate, the news and everyday life
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 17, 2010 • 28min
Who earns more?
Who earns more: private or public employees? And are your trousers flattering you?
Sep 10, 2010 • 28min
Back to school
More or Less looks at how maths is taught in schools today and it asks what the population of the world be if WWI had never happened.
Sep 3, 2010 • 28min
03 Sep 2010
How reliable are life expectancy figures? Can cycling ever be safer than driving? And, what can maths tell us about guerilla insurgencies?
