Innumeracy
Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
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Author
Publication
2001 - Hill and Wang, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
45,000 words, Guess
Page Count
180 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3581923M
- ISBN-100809058405
- OCLC Control Number48158354
- Library of Congress Control Number2002278399
- Goodreads186749
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- LibraryThing57827
Classifications
- DDC510
- LCCQA93 .P38 2001
- LCCQA93
Description
Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences is a 1988 book by mathematician John Allen Paulos about innumeracy (deficiency of numeracy) as the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy: incompetence with numbers rather than words. Innumeracy is a problem with many otherwise educated and knowledgeable people.
First Sentence
Two aristocrats are out horseback riding and one challenges the other to see which can come up with the larger number.
Description
John Allen Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers and the probabilities associated with them results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudoscience of all kinds. Sprinkling his discussion of numbers and probabilities with quirky stories and anecdotes, Paulos ranges freely over many aspects of modern life, from contested elections to sports stats, from stock scams and newspaper psychics to diet and medical claims, sex discrimination, insurance, lotteries, and drug testing.
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