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David Spiegelhalter

I am Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge. In April of 2015 my latest book, Sex by Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour, was released.

The full details of my life and work are available on my home page.

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