In this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle—the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
✍ Scribed by John Allen Paulos
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 203
- Edition
- 1st Anchor pbk. ed
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
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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