Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences [1st Vintage books ed] 0679726012, 9780613181211

Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs,

279 99 227KB

English Pages 180 pages Year 1990

Table of contents :
Examples and principles --
Probability and coincidence --
Pseudoscience --
Whence Innumeracy? --
Statistics, trade-offs, and society --
Close.

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences [1st Vintage books ed]
0679726012, 9780613181211

Author / Uploaded
Paulos
John Allen

0 0 0
Like this paper and download? You can publish your own PDF file online for free in a few minutes! Sign Up

Recommend Papers

My Life [1st Vintage Books ed] 0091795273, 9780091795276, 140003003X

President Bill ClintonвЂ™s My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to dev

488 29 9MB Read more

Ogilvy on Advertising [1st Vintage Books ed] 039472903X, 9780394729039

A candid and indispensable primer on all aspects of advertising from the man Time has called "the most sought after

329 43 35MB Read more

Sin and Its Consequences 089555299X

389 44 245KB Read more

The Axial Age and Its Consequences 9780674067400

The first classics in human history—the early works of literature, philosophy, and theology to which we have returned th

136 11 4MB Read more

Household Crowding And Its Consequences 9780367011727

191 48 3MB Read more

Developmental Coordination Disorder and its Consequences 9781442620117

Developmental Coordination Disorder and its Consequences is the most comprehensive volume to cover the health and social

138 88 2MB Read more

The Axial Age and Its Consequences 9780674070431

The first classics in human history--the early works of literature, philosophy, and theology to which we have returned t

408 81 3MB Read more

The people's tycoon: Henry Ford and the American century [1st Vintage books ed] 9780307558978, 0307558975, 9781299149939, 1299149936

Henry Ford, a major architect of modern America, has lived on in the imagination of his fellow citizens as an enduring f

318 5 2MB Read more

Mathematical Analysis in Interdisciplinary Research (Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 179) [1st ed. 2021] 3030847209, 9783030847203

This contributed volume provides an extensive account of research and expository papers in a broad domain of mathematica

147 5 6MB Read more

The Information Age: An Anthology On Its Impact And Consequences [1st Edition] 1410215849, 9781410215840

This anthology is the product of the ideas and work of many individuals. Lt.Gen. Ervin J. Rokke first suggested the need

351 64 1MB Read more