Andrew Elliott grew up in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and studied statistics and actuarial science at the University of Cape Town. He emigrated to the United Kingdom in the late 1980s to use his actuarial skills in the world of financial systems. After a spell as a management consultant, Andrew launched a series of start-up companies in financial technology, and he continues to work in this field. Frustrated by how quantitative information is presented in the media and public discussion, in 2016 Andrew started "Is That A Big Number?, a project to promote numeracy and the development of intuitive number sense.

... an enjoyable useful book...that helps the reader better interpret and engage with the numbers around them. I enjoyed reading it, and learned from it.

• Counting NumbersWhat Counts?: How we get from 1, 2, 3  to "How many fish in the sea?"Numbers in the World: How numeracy connects to everyday lifeThe Second Technique: Visualisation: Paint a picture in your mindMeasuring UpAbout the Size of It:  Numbers to Quantify the Space We Live inThe Third Technique: Divide and Conquer:  Take one bite at a timeTicking Away: How we measure the fourth dimensionAn Even Briefer History of TimeMultidimensional Measures: Areas and VolumesThe Fourth Technique: Rates and Ratios: Knock 'em down to sizeMassive Numbers: Heavy-duty numbers for weighing upGetting up to Speed: Putting a value on velocityIntermissionNumbers in the Wild: Variability and DistributionThe Fifth Technique: Log Scales: Comparing the very small to the very bigThe Numbers of ScienceHeavens Above: Measuring the UniverseA Bundle of Energy: Measuring the SparkBits, Bytes and Words: Measurement for the Information AgeLet Me Count the Ways: The Biggest Numbers in the BookNumbers in Public LifeThe Bluffer's Guide to National FinancesEverybody Counts: Population Growth and DeclineMeasuring How We Live: Inequality and Quality of lifeSumming Up: Numbers Still Count

Andrew Elliott grew up in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and studied statistics and actuarial science at the University of Cape Town. He emigrated to the United Kingdom in the late 1980s to use his actuarial skills in the world of financial systems. After a spell as a management consultant, Andrew launched a series of start-up companies in financial technology, and he continues to work in this field. Frustrated by how quantitative information is presented in the media and public discussion, in 2016 Andrew started "Is That A Big Number?, a project to promote numeracy and the development of intuitive number sense.

... an enjoyable useful book...that helps the reader better interpret and engage with the numbers around them. I enjoyed reading it, and learned from it.

• Counting NumbersWhat Counts?: How we get from 1, 2, 3  to "How many fish in the sea?"Numbers in the World: How numeracy connects to everyday lifeThe Second Technique: Visualisation: Paint a picture in your mindMeasuring UpAbout the Size of It:  Numbers to Quantify the Space We Live inThe Third Technique: Divide and Conquer:  Take one bite at a timeTicking Away: How we measure the fourth dimensionAn Even Briefer History of TimeMultidimensional Measures: Areas and VolumesThe Fourth Technique: Rates and Ratios: Knock 'em down to sizeMassive Numbers: Heavy-duty numbers for weighing upGetting up to Speed: Putting a value on velocityIntermissionNumbers in the Wild: Variability and DistributionThe Fifth Technique: Log Scales: Comparing the very small to the very bigThe Numbers of ScienceHeavens Above: Measuring the UniverseA Bundle of Energy: Measuring the SparkBits, Bytes and Words: Measurement for the Information AgeLet Me Count the Ways: The Biggest Numbers in the BookNumbers in Public LifeThe Bluffer's Guide to National FinancesEverybody Counts: Population Growth and DeclineMeasuring How We Live: Inequality and Quality of lifeSumming Up: Numbers Still Count

Andrew Elliott grew up in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and studied statistics and actuarial science at the University of Cape Town. He emigrated to the United Kingdom in the late 1980s to use his actuarial skills in the world of financial systems. After a spell as a management consultant, Andrew launched a series of start-up companies in financial technology, and he continues to work in this field. Frustrated by how quantitative information is presented in the media and public discussion, in 2016 Andrew started "Is That A Big Number?, a project to promote numeracy and the development of intuitive number sense.

... an enjoyable useful book...that helps the reader better interpret and engage with the numbers around them. I enjoyed reading it, and learned from it.

• Counting NumbersWhat Counts?: How we get from 1, 2, 3  to "How many fish in the sea?"Numbers in the World: How numeracy connects to everyday lifeThe Second Technique: Visualisation: Paint a picture in your mindMeasuring UpAbout the Size of It:  Numbers to Quantify the Space We Live inThe Third Technique: Divide and Conquer:  Take one bite at a timeTicking Away: How we measure the fourth dimensionAn Even Briefer History of TimeMultidimensional Measures: Areas and VolumesThe Fourth Technique: Rates and Ratios: Knock 'em down to sizeMassive Numbers: Heavy-duty numbers for weighing upGetting up to Speed: Putting a value on velocityIntermissionNumbers in the Wild: Variability and DistributionThe Fifth Technique: Log Scales: Comparing the very small to the very bigThe Numbers of ScienceHeavens Above: Measuring the UniverseA Bundle of Energy: Measuring the SparkBits, Bytes and Words: Measurement for the Information AgeLet Me Count the Ways: The Biggest Numbers in the BookNumbers in Public LifeThe Bluffer's Guide to National FinancesEverybody Counts: Population Growth and DeclineMeasuring How We Live: Inequality and Quality of lifeSumming Up: Numbers Still Count