Seriously, more people should read books about science for fun. If people tried books like this, they'd understand what they're missing.
Sure, there is math, but this book is really about how predicting things and wanting to be able to predict things is part of everyday life for everyone. Even something ad simple as how we perceive color can depend on what we expect to see.
The book is conversational and hilarious in places, especially when talking about scientists. My favorite might be the group of scientists who made up their own songs about statistics.
Thanks so much to NetGalley for letting me read this

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found the writing to be conversational and the explanations clear. Chivers made excellent use of analogies. The book could have lapsed into a treatise on math but it didn’t. The book maintained an even pacing, with frequent injections of subject-related humour. I also appreciated all the biographical information. My advance reader copy was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.