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Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

In this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle?the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates how mathematical naïveté can put readers at a distinct disadvantage. Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying logic to clarify the hazards of spin doctoring and news compression, or employing arithmetic and common sense to give us a novel perspecti.

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  • "Libro muy interesante, fresco y sabio que puede ser de gran ayuda a los consumidores de noticias y a los que las escriben"@es

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  • "In this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle?the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates how mathematical naïveté can put readers at a distinct disadvantage. Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying logic to clarify the hazards of spin doctoring and news compression, or employing arithmetic and common sense to give us a novel perspecti."@en
  • "Employing the same fun-filled, user-friendly, and quirkily insightful approach that put Innumeracy on best-seller lists, Paulos now leads us through the pages of the daily newspaper, revealing the hidden mathematical angles of countless articles. From the Senate, the SATs, and sex to crime, celebrities, and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve mathematics at all and demonstrates how mathematical naivete can put readers at a distinct disadvantage."
  • "Employing the same fun-filled, user-friendly, and quirkily insightful approach that put Innumeracy on best-seller lists, Paulos now leads us through the pages of the daily newspaper, revealing the hidden mathematical angles of countless articles. From the Senate, the SATs, and sex to crime, celebrities, and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve mathematics at all and demonstrates how mathematical naivete can put readers at a distinct disadvantage."@en
  • "Kritisch-ironische analyse van denkfouten in krantenartikelen."
  • "Explains how mathematical naivete can put newspaper readers at a distinct disadvantage."@en
  • "Mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle--the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates how mathematical naivete can put readers at a distinct disadvantage. Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying logic to clarify the hazards of spin doctoring and news compression, or employing arithmetic and common sense to give us a novel perspective on greed and relationships, Paulos never fails to entertain and enlighten."@en

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  • "Manuscripts"@en
  • "Literatura i medicina"
  • "Popular works"
  • "Popular works"@en
  • "Nonfiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Livres électroniques"
  • "Galley proofs"@en

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  • "Un matematico lee el periodico"
  • "A Mathematician reads the newspaper"
  • "˜Aœ mathematician reads the newspaper"
  • "Mathematician Reads the Newspaper"@en
  • "Un Matemático lee el periódico"
  • "A mathematician reads the newspaper"
  • "A mathematician reads the newspaper"@en
  • "Een wiskundige leest de krant"
  • "Un matemático lee el periódico"@es
  • "Un matemático lee el periódico"

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