A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper: Making Sense of the Numbers in the Headlines (Penguin science) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper: Making Sense of the Numbers in the Headlines (Penguin science) Book

From crime figures to health scares, election polls to stock market forecasts, numbers make the news all the time. But are they accurate? John Allen Paulos, travels through the pages of an average newspaper, revealing how mathematics is at the heart of the articles we read every day - even horoscopes and the sports pages - and how often they mislead us. By understanding simple concepts such as probability, chaos theory and game theory, you'll be able to see through faulty statistics, stock market forecasters and conspiracy theorists - and make the figures truly add up.Read More

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  • Penguin

    'Innumeracy', wrote Isaac Asimov, 'would improve the quality of thinking of virtually anyone'. In his new book, John Allen Paulos continues his liberating campaign against mathematical illiteracy. Although a life-long lover of newspapers, he knows they never give us the truth in black or white.

  • 0140251812
  • 9780140251814
  • John Allen Paulos
  • 1 July 2010
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
  • Re-issue
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