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30/12/2011
A guide to interesting, informative or just plain idiosyncratic numbers of the year.
Who are the 1% and who are the 99%?
Tim Harford discusses income inequality and discovers the maths in magic.
16/12/2011
Higgs boson statistics; how to corner a market; and Fibonacci's medieval mathematics.
09/12/2011
The maths of supermarket price wars and odds of cracking six double-yolk eggs in a row.
02/12/2011
Tim Harford on public sector pensions, eurozone statistics, and affordable housing.
09/09/2011
This edition features zombie statistics, the Olympics and the maths of spying.
02/09/2011
Euro debt odyssey, the placebo effect and 70 years of social surveys.
26/08/2011
Scottish independence, mobile phones and cancer, and is Tendulkar the greatest sportsman?
19/08/2011
Salt, 'zero tolerance' policing, and how to predict the adult height of growing children.
12/08/2011
Riots, debt, disability benefit and when to buy a lotto ticket.