The signal and the noise - Nate Silver

The International Bestseller by 'The Galileo of number crunchers' (Independent)

Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second
date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction
about the future. Yet from the financial crisis to ecological disasters,
we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events, often at great
cost to society. The rise of 'big data' has the potential to help us
predict the future, yet much of it is misleading, useless or
distracting.

In The Signal and the Noise, the New York Times
political forecaster Nate Silver, who accurately predicted the results
of every state in the 2012 US election, reveals how we can all develop
better foresight in an uncertain world. From the stock market to the
poker table, from earthquakes to the economy, he takes us on an
enthralling insider's tour of the high-stakes world of forecasting,
showing how we can all learn to detect the true signals amid a noise of
data.

'Remarkable and rewarding' Matthew D'Ancona, Sunday Telegraph

'A lucid explanation of how to think probabilistically' Guardian