Innumeracy

Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

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John Allen Paulos

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'Taught me more about the handling of numbers in real life than a thousand hours of maths teaching' Simon Jenkins, The Times Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as- Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Paulos shows us that by arming yourself with some simple maths, you don't have to let numbers get the better of you.

Author Biography:

John Allen Paulos is professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is author of several books, including the bestseller Innumeracy which was a New York Times bestseller for 18 weeks and A Mathematician Plays the Market. In 2003, Paulos won the American Association for the Advancement of Science award for promoting public understanding of science.

Release date Australia

March 2nd, 2000

Author

John Allen Paulos

Audience

General (US: Trade)

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From 0 years

Pages

160

Dimensions

129x198x9

ISBN-13

9780140291209

Product ID

4420368

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