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Nate Silver


Nate Silver is a statistician and political forecaster at The New York Times who became a national sensation in the United States when his predictions during the 2008 presidential election trumped most mainstream polls. He is a contributor to The New York Times Magazine and has appeared as a commentator on CNN and MSNBC. He has spoken at TED and SXSW, and was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the world.

Books by Nate Silver

The Signal and the Noise

The acclaimed international bestseller that will change the way you think about the future

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On the Edge

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk—and the players raising the stake

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