Empowering and illuminating, The Ten Equations That Rule the World shows how math really can change your life. 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. Ten of them, in fact. They are integral to everything from investment banking to betting companies and social media giants. And they can help you to increase your chance of success, guard against financial loss, live more healthfully, and see through scaremongering. They are known by only the privileged few—until now. With wit and clarity, mathematician David Sumpter shows that it isn't the technical details that make these formulas so successful. It is the way they allow mathematicians to view problems from a different angle—a way of seeing the world that anyone can learn. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781250246981 Media Type: Paperback Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication Date: 05-31-2022 Pages: 256 Product Dimensions: 5.60(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)About the Author David Sumpter is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, and the author of Soccermatics and Outnumbered.Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction: The Ten 1 1 The Judgment Equation 7 2 The Betting Equation 28 3 The Confidence Equation 50 4 The Skill Equation 83 5 The Influencer Equation 102 6 The Market Equation 122 7 The Advertising Equation 145 8 The Reward Equation 169 9 The Learning Equation 189 10 The Universal Equation 206 Acknowledgments 225 List of Figures 227 Notes 229