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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

Book ID
126060581
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
3 MB
Category
Standards
ISBN
0809058405

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✦ Synopsis

Paulos speaks mainly of the dangers of mathematical innumeracy; that is, the common misconceptions of the layperson in regards to numbers, exploring the relationship between math and the human mind. Paulos discusses innumeracy with quirky anecdotes, scenarios and facts, encouraging readers in the end to look at their world in a more quantitative way.
Topics include probability and coincidence, the birthday problem, innumeracy in pseudoscience, and statistics and trade-offs in society.

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