David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

Probability is a measure of the likelihood of events happening. The greater the proportion of times an event can happen the greater (or more likely) the probability. Events can be ordered by the ...

The chance of rain, shown on a weather app, is given as a percentage. This is a relative frequency, based on real data. The chance of rain, shown on a weather app, is given as a percentage. This is a ...