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A mathematician reads the newspaper [electronic resource] / John Paulos Allen.

by Paulos, John Allen.

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New York : Basic Books, 2013.

Mathematics -- Popular works.

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0465050670 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource (315 pages)

In this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle--the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates how mathematical naïveté can put readers at a distinct disadvantage. Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying logic to clarify the hazards of spin doctoring and news compression, or employing arithmetic and common sense to give us a novel perspecti.

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