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Documents the widespread ignorance of simple concepts of numbers and probability, and shows how this mathematical illiteracy leads to wrong decisions in both public and private life
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"[An] elegant ... Survival Manual ... Brief, witty and full of practical applications." - Stefan Kanfer, "Time"
Our society would be unimaginably different if the average person truly understood the ideas in this marvelous and important book. "Douglas Hofstadter"
[An] elegant ... Survival Manual ... Brief, witty and full of practical applications. "Stefan Kanfer, Time""
John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of several other popular books on mathematics, is a regular contributor to national publications, including The New York Times and Newsweek. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- PublisherVintage Books
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0679726012
- ISBN 13 9780679726012
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages180
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