It's been a while since my last book review -- not because I haven't read books that I think you guys HAVE TO READ, but because of school. Nevertheless, I hope to put a review a week out for the next few weeks. Maybe I'll throw a more fun and contemporary summer read. IDK. (I usually just read Hemmingway over and over again all summer.) Comment suggestions if you have them. This week's book was a short but powerful one that I think should be put in every baby's hand right after they are born.

This book was on a required reading list for my healthcare policy class. Despite the fact that I had to gulp it down really quickly, I enjoyed it. Sandeep really covers most of the bases when it comes to our healthcare problems from the side of the provider. Written by a physician, Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician by Sandeep Jauhar, even gets a lot right about the patient experience. I really think that the one perspective that is more than crucial but often overlooked is

If you are generally interested in mathematics, this is the book for you.  But going into my reading it, I wasn't. I went into this reading from a standpoint of wanting to get a stronger grip on the policy/ practical implications the theory and nuance statistics hold. I read the book in the semester after my first graduate level stats course, and I immediately found it's real world applications helpful. How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg is essentially