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A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
John Allen Paulos
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Description for A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: BGTA; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 367.
Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky "meta-memoir" raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What part of memory is reliable fact, what part creative embellishment? Which favorite presuppositions are unfounded, which statistically biased? By conjoining two opposing mindsets--the suspension of disbelief required in storytelling and the skepticism inherent in the scientific method--bestselling mathematician John Allen Paulos has created an unusual hybrid, a composite of personal memories and mathematical approaches to re-evaluating them. Entertaining vignettes from Paulos's biography abound--ranging from a bullying math teacher and a fabulous collection of baseball ... Read more
Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky "meta-memoir" raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What part of memory is reliable fact, what part creative embellishment? Which favorite presuppositions are unfounded, which statistically biased? By conjoining two opposing mindsets--the suspension of disbelief required in storytelling and the skepticism inherent in the scientific method--bestselling mathematician John Allen Paulos has created an unusual hybrid, a composite of personal memories and mathematical approaches to re-evaluating them. Entertaining vignettes from Paulos's biography abound--ranging from a bullying math teacher and a fabulous collection of baseball ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781633881181
SKU
V9781633881181
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About John Allen Paulos
John Allen Paulos is a professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of eight previous books, including the best-selling Innumeracy and, most recently, Irreligion- A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up.
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