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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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"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"
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""
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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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