Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its ConsequencesIn 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Probability and Coincidence | 33 |
Pseudoscience | 66 |
Whence Innumeracy? | 97 |
Statistics TradeOffs and Society | 133 |
Close | 177 |
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