A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Insightful, absorbing and entertaining' TLS 'Brilliant' ALEX BELLOS 'Illuminating' DAILY MAIL 'The case for better evidence in post-evidence times' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Profound and utterly absorbing' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN How far would you go in your search for certainty? And once you get there, how do you convince others? From the medieval Islamic world to the recent pandemic, scientific progress has relied on different methods of establishing fact from fiction. Today, in the face of ever-increasing disinformation, how we prove things - to ourselves and others - has never felt more urgent. But there is far more to proof than axioms, theories and scientific laws: when demonstrating that an experimental medical treatment works, persuading a jury of someone's guilt, or deciding whether to trust a new type of financial transaction, weighing up evidence is rarely simple. Bestselling author, statistician and epidemiologist Adam Kucharski ranges across science, politics, philosophy and economics to explore how truth emerges - and why it falters.
| ISBN: | 9781788169097 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 2026 |
| Author: | Adam Kucharski |
| Publisher: | Profile Books an imprint of Profile |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Genres: |
Mathematics and Science |
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Insightful, absorbing and entertaining' TLS 'Brilliant' ALEX BELLOS 'Illuminating' DAILY MAIL 'The case for better evidence in post-evidence times' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Profound and utterly absorbing' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN How far would you go in your search for certainty? And once you get there, how do you convince others? From the medieval Islamic world to the recent pandemic, scientific progress has relied on different methods of establishing fact from fiction. Today, in the face of ever-increasing disinformation, how we prove things - to ourselves and others - has never felt more urgent. But there is far more to proof than axioms, theories and scientific laws: when demonstrating that an experimental medical treatment works, persuading a jury of someone's guilt, or deciding whether to trust a new type of financial transaction, weighing up evidence is rarely simple. Bestselling author, statistician and epidemiologist Adam Kucharski ranges across science, politics, philosophy and economics to explore how truth emerges - and why it falters.
Proof features in the following genres: Mathematics and Science
Proof is available in Paperback, Hardback
Proof was written by Adam Kucharski and published by Profile Books an imprint of Profile
Proof has 360 pages
£10.79