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A humorous study which suggests that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers, or the probabilities associated with them, results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds.
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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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- PublisherViking
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0670830089
- ISBN 13 9780670830084
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages144
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