Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

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Macmillan, 1988 - Mathematics - 135 pages
In this brilliantly entertaining book, Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with large numbers or their probabilities results in misinformed, vulnerable attitudes. He shows how to combat this condition.
 

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Introduction
3
Probability and Coincidence
33
Pseudoscience
66
Whence Innumeracy?
97
Statistics TradeOffs and Society
133
Close
177
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