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Averages for Kids: Why No One Is Average in Every Way
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The story of averages for kids: how around 1950 Gilbert Daniels measured 4,063 United States Air Force pilots and found that not one was average in every way. • Why cockpits built for the average pilot fitted nobody • What an average tells you about a crowd, and what it cannot tell you • How the answer was seats and pedals that adjust, like the seats in a car • Quiz questions to answer along the way Maths is Not Boring: rated 5★ on Apple Podcasts and 4.7★ on Spotify. Follow or subscribe to he...