Author: John Allen Paulos Year: 1995 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction, Education
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ISBNs: 9780385482547 9780465089994 038548254X 0465089992 |
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With the same user-friendly, quirky, and perceptive approach that made Innumeracy a bestseller, John Allen Paulos travels though the pages of the daily newspaper showing how math and numbers are a key element in many of the articles we read every day. From the Senate, SATs, and sex, to crime, celebrities, and cults, he takes stories that may not seem to involve mathematics at all and demonstrates how a lack of mathematical knowledge can hinder our understanding of them.
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