Levelling the statistical playing field

Published: Aug. 20, 2012, 11 a.m.

Given that some countries are richer than others, and some have larger populations, what should the Olympic medal tally really have looked like? Also: numbers help us understand the world. But for Daniel Tammet, author of \u201cThinking in Numbers". They don't just help him to understand the world - but to be a part of it.