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ISBN: 9780140291209 - Innumeracy Innumeracy
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0140291202  ISBN13: 9780140291209
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 02 Mar 2000
Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? This book answers questions such as: why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin... More

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ISBN: 9780140251814 - A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0140251812  ISBN13: 9780140251814
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Jan 1996
From crime figures to health scares, election polls to stock market forecasts, numbers make the news all the time. But are they accurate? This title travels through the pages of an average newspaper, revealing how mathematics is at the heart of... More

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ISBN: 9780141012032 - A Mathematician Plays the Market A Mathematician Plays the Market
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 014101203X  ISBN13: 9780141012032
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Jun 2004
Offers an account of how the stock market both follows and defies mathematical principals. This title also offers an overview of various things from 'betas' to the efficient market hypothesis. Paulos offers a hilarious account of how the stock... More

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ISBN: 9780809059188 - Irreligion Irreligion
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0809059185  ISBN13: 9780809059188
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 09 Sep 2009

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ISBN: 9780226650258 - Mathematics and Humour Mathematics and Humour
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0226650251  ISBN13: 9780226650258
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Nov 1982
"Jokes, paradoxes, riddles, and the art of non-sequitur are revealed with great perception and insight in this illuminating account of the relationship between humor and mathematics."--Joseph Williams, "New York Times "'Leave your "mind alone... More

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ISBN: 9780809059195 - Irreligion Irreligion
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0809059193  ISBN13: 9780809059195
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Edition: First
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Dec 2007
Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author Paulos thinks not. In "Irreligion" he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into 12 chapters that refute the 12 arguments most often put... More

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ISBN: 9780465054817 - A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0465054811  ISBN13: 9780465054817
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group Basic Books
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Apr 2004
Paulos demonstrates what the tools of mathematics can tell us about the vagaries of the stock market. Employing his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles, Paulos addresses every thinking reader's curiosity about the market. More

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ISBN: 9780231119153 - I Think, Therefore I Laugh I Think, Therefore I Laugh
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0231119151  ISBN13: 9780231119153
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 21 Dec 1999
Paulos uses jokes, stories, parables, and anecdotes to elucidate difficult concepts, in this case, some of the fundamental problems in modern philosophy. The preeminent explicator of mathematical logic to non-mathematicians, John Allen Paulos is... More

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ISBN: 9780465051595 - Once Upon a Number Once Upon a Number
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 0465051596  ISBN13: 9780465051595
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group Basic Books
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 17 Sep 1999
Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 1998 by the "Los Angeles Times, " this book takes a surprising and humorous look at the similarities between narrative and numbers. What two things could be more different than numbers and stories? More

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ISBN: 9781400136308 - Irreligion Irreligion
John Allen Paulos

ISBN10: 140013630X  ISBN13: 9781400136308
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Edition: Library ed
Format: Audio CD
Publication date: 01 Feb 2008
Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author John Allen Paulos thinks not, and in Irreligion he presents the case for his own worldview, refuting the twelve arguments most often put forward for believing in... More