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Books by David Sumpter






Outnumbered(1st Edition)
From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives (featuring Cambridge Analytica)
by David Sumpter
Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Sigma
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-4741-3, ISBN: 1-4729-4741-X

"Outnumbered is a journey to the dark side of mathematics, from how it dictates our social media activities to our travel routes. Algorithms are running our society, and as Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal has revealed, we don't even realize how our data has been used against us. David Sumpter investigates whether mathematics is crossing dangerous lines when it comes to what we can make decisions about. Our increasing reliance on t ..."






Soccermatics(Reprint)
Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game Pro-Edition (Bloomsbury Sigma)
by David Sumpter
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Bloomsbury Sigma
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-2414-8, ISBN: 1-4729-2414-2

"'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analystFootball - the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in biology, physics and economics. Soccermatics b ..."






The Ten Equations That Rule the World
And How You Can Use Them Too (Paperback)
by David Sumpter
Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2022 by Flatiron Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-24698-1, ISBN: 1-250-24698-9






Soccermatics(1st Edition)
Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game Pro-Edition (Bloomsbury Sigma)
by David Sumpter
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Sigma
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-2412-4, ISBN: 1-4729-2412-6

"'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analystFootball - the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in biology, physics and economics. Soccermatics b ..."






Four Ways of Thinking
A Journey into Human Complexity
by David Sumpter
Published 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-80626-0, ISBN: 1-250-80626-7

"Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shares practical and insightful solutions for navigating the chaos and complexity of our lives What is the best way to think about the world?"






Four Ways of Thinking
Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex
by David Sumpter
Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2023 by Allen Lane
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-62416-6, ISBN: 0-241-62416-9

"Beyond all the facts and figures, there is just one question at the heart of science- what is the best way to think about the world? Yet in our everyday lives, this is something we rarely consider."






Outnumbered
From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles - The Algorithms That Control Our Lives
by David Sumpter
Paperback, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Sigma 0
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-6194-5, ISBN: 1-4729-6194-3






Outnumbered
From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles - The Algorithms That Control Our Lives (featuring Cambridge Analytica)
by David Sumpter
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Sigma
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-4743-7, ISBN: 1-4729-4743-6






Collective Animal Behavior
by David Sumpter
Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2010 by Princeton University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14843-4, ISBN: 0-691-14843-0

" Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, Collective Animal Behavior reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines their evolution across a range of species. Providing a synthesis of mathematical modeling, theoretical biology, and experimental wor ..."






Outnumbered
From Facebook and Google to Fake News and Filter-bubbles – The Algorithms That Control Our Lives (featuring Cambridge Analytica)
by David Sumpter
288 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-4742-0, ISBN: 1-4729-4742-8

"If anyone could create a good model of an election, it was Nate Silver. When it came to analysing our behaviour, the algorithms we have looked at up to now were, at best, on a par with humans. Julia Dressel's Mechanical Turkers were able to ..."






Soccermatics
Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game
by David Sumpter
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-2413-1, ISBN: 1-4729-2413-4

"'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analyst Football - the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in biology, physics and economics. Soccermatics ..."






Soccermatics
Mathematical Adventures in the Beautiful Game
by David Sumpter
Digital, 288 Pages, Published 2016 by A & C Black (Childrens Books)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4729-2415-5, ISBN: 1-4729-2415-0

"'Football looked at in a very different way' Pat Nevin, former Chelsea and Everton star and football media analyst Football - the most mathematical of sports. From shot statistics and league tables to the geometry of passing and managerial strategy, the modern game is filled with numbers, patterns and shapes. How do we make sense of them? The answer lies in the mathematical models applied in biology, physics and economics. Soccermati ..."






Outnumbered
Exploring the Algorithms That Control Our Lives (CD-Audio)
by David Sumpter
Published 2018 by Audible Studios On Brilliance Audio
ISBN-13: 978-1-72130-035-8, ISBN: 1-72130-035-X






Collective Animal Behavior
by David Sumpter
Hardcover, 312 Pages, Published 2010 by Princeton University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12963-1, ISBN: 0-691-12963-0

" Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual interactions, Collective Animal Behavior reveals why animals produce group behaviors and examines their evolution across a range of species. Providing a synthesis of mathematical modeling, theoretical biology, and experimental work, ..."






Four Ways of Thinking
Statistical, Interactive, Chaotic and Complex
by David Sumpter
Published 2024 by Penguin Uk
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-199485-7, ISBN: 0-14-199485-1

"I hated the subject at school. I hoover up his books now' Sunday Times Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows how we can deal with the chaos and complexity of[Bokinfo]."






The Ten Equations That Rule the World
And How You Can Use Them Too
by David Sumpter
336 Pages, Published 2021 by Flatiron Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-24697-4, ISBN: 1-250-24697-0

"Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For going viral? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship? This book is all about the equations that make our world go round."






Becoming America(Illustrated)
Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection of Folk Art
by John Demos, Stacy C. Hollander, Elizabeth V. Warren, David Wheatcroft, Robin Jaffee Frank, Sumpter Priddy Iii, James Glisson, Jonathan Fielding, Karin Fielding, Christina Nielsen
Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 2020 by Other Distribution
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-24756-5, ISBN: 0-300-24756-7






Ten Equations
The Mathematical Formulas That Secretly Power Our Lives
by Sumpter, David
Hardcover, Published 2021 by Flatiron Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-24696-7, ISBN: 1-250-24696-2






The Ten Equations that Rule the World
And How You Can Use Them Too
by Sumpter, David
Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2020 by Allen Lane
ISBN-13: 978-0-241-40454-6, ISBN: 0-241-40454-1

"For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current job, Netflix series, or even relationship? This book is all about the equations that make our world go round. Ten of them, in fact."






The Ten Equations that Rule the World
And How You Can Use Them Too
by Sumpter, David
Softcover, Published 2022 by Penguin
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-199109-2, ISBN: 0-14-199109-7



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