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Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences

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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  • "La peur des chiffres : l illettrisme mathématique et ses conséquences"

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  • "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."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "Examines the nation's burgeoning inability to deal rationally with very large numbers, assesses the impact on government policymaking and everyday life, and shows what can be done about this."@en
  • "Examines the nation's burgeoning inability to deal rationally with very large numbers, assesses the impact on government policymaking and everyday life, and shows what can be done about this."
  • "An analysis of the follies that arise from a lack of understanding of science and mathematics."@en
  • "An analysis of the follies that arise from a lack of understanding of science and mathematics."

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  • "Arithmophovia : o mathēmatikos analphavētismos kai oi synepeies tou"
  • "Sutcha e yakhan saramdŭl ŭl wihan uahan saengjon maenyuŏl = Innumeracy"
  • "Förstå siffror!"
  • "Förstå siffror!"@sv
  • "Ḥerdat ha-misparim : baʻarut be-matematiḳah ṿe-totsʼoteha"
  • "Innumeracy : Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences"
  • "El hombre anumérico : el analfabetismo matemático y sus consecuencias"@es
  • "El hombre anumérico El analfabetismo matemático y sus consecuencias"
  • "Innumeracy : Mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"
  • "Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"
  • "Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"@en
  • "El hombre anúmerico : el analfabetismo matemático y sus consecuencias"@es
  • "Ongecijferdheid : de gevolgen van wiskundige ongeletterdheid"
  • "El hombre anumerico : el analfabetismo matematico y sus consecuencias"
  • "Gli snumerati : impariamo a far di conto per fare i conti con il mondo"@it
  • "Gli snumerati : impariamo a far di conto per fare i conti con il mondo"
  • "Innumeracy mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"
  • "Innumeracy mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"@en
  • "Innumeracy: mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"
  • "Innumeracy"@en
  • "Innumeracy"
  • "Zenbakirik gabe bizi : matematika-ezjakintasuna eta haren ondorioak"
  • "La peur des chiffres : l'illétrisme mathématique et ses conséquences"
  • "El Hombre anumérico : el analfabetismo matemático y sus consecuencias"
  • "Zenbakirik gabe : matematika-ezjakintasuna eta haren ondorioak"
  • "Innumeracy: Mathematical illiteracy and its consequences"@en
  • "La peur des chiffres : l'illettrisme mathématique et ses conséquences"
  • "Zahlenblind : mathematisches Analphabetentum und seine Konsequenzen"

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