A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Paulos, John Allen
ISBN 10: 038548254X ISBN 13: 9780385482547
Published by Anchor, 1997
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Reveals the hidden mathematical angles that can be found in everyday newspaper articles, explaining how to determine the actual probabilities and statistics of everyday occurrences. Reprint.
From the Inside Flap: e 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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Title: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Publisher: Anchor
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good