Innumeracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Innumeracy write by John Allen Paulos. This book was released on 2011-04-01. Innumeracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Readers of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world. Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos, in his celebrated bestseller first published in 1988, 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. Innumeracy lets us know what we're missing, and how we can do something about it. 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.
Innumeracy in the Wild
Innumeracy in the Wild - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Innumeracy in the Wild write by Ellen Peters. This book was released on 2020-04-29. Innumeracy in the Wild available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Our grasp of numbers and uncertainty is one of humankind's most distinctive and important traits. It is pivotal to our exceptional ability to control the world around us as we make short-term choices and forecast far into the future. But very smart people can struggle with numbers in ways that pose negative consequences for their decision making. Numeric ability equips individuals with vital tools that allow them to take charge of various aspects of their life. The more numerate enjoy superior health, wealth, and employment outcomes, while the innumerate remain more vulnerable. This book presents the logic, rules, and habits that highly numerate people use in decision making. Innumeracy in the Wild also introduces two additional ways of knowing numbers that complement and compensate for lower numeric ability and explores how numeric abilities develop and where mistakes are made. It offers a state-of-the-art review of the now sizeable body of psychological and applied findings that demonstrate the critical importance of numeracy in our world. With more than two decades of experience in the decision sciences, Ellen Peters demonstrates how intervention can foster adult numeric capacity, propel people to use numeric facts in decision making, and empower those with lower numeracy to reason better.
Beyond Numeracy
Beyond Numeracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Numeracy write by John Allen Paulos. This book was released on 2013-05-29. Beyond Numeracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback.
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper write by John Allen Paulos. This book was released on 2013-09-10. A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Allen Paulos is a master at shedding mathematical lights on our everyday world:What exactly did Lani Guinier say about quotas?What is the probability of identifying a murderer through DNA testing?Which are the real risks to our health and which the phony ones?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 naïtéan put readers at a distinct disadvantage.Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying logic and self-reference 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.Even if you hated math in school, you'll love the numerical vignettes in this book.
Irreligion
Irreligion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Irreligion write by John Allen Paulos. This book was released on 2009-06-09. Irreligion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 forward for believing in Gods existence.
