John Allen Paulos, Author . Basic $25 (216p) ISBN 978-0-465-05480-0
We like to think not only that mathematicians are smarter than the rest of us but that by dint of their mastery of numbers, they hold the key to understanding the baffling mysteries of the universe. Alas, Paulos (Innumeracy) says that's not...
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John Allen Paulos, Author . Hill & Wang $20 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8090-5919-5
Few of the recent books on atheism have been worth reading just for wit and style, but this is one of them: Paulos is truly funny. De-spite the title, the Temple University math professor doesn't actually discuss mathematics much, which will be
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John Allen Paulos, Author Vintage Books USA $14.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-679-73807-7
These conversational, refreshing essays--organized in dictionary format from ``algebra'' to ``zeno''--demonstrate math's relevancy to everyday life; this guide was a BOMC and QPB alternate. Illustrated. (Apr.)
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John Allen Paulos, Author Anchor Books $13.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-385-48254-7
Math professor Paulos's irreverent investigation of the often faulty use of statistics and fact in newspaper articles. (Apr.)
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John Allen Paulos, Author Basic Books $18 (224p) ISBN 978-0-465-04362-0
Paulos (Beyond Innumeracy) examines the often overlooked mathematical angle behind news stories in this informally written, enlightening survey. He uses simple arithmetic to expose consumer fallacies, electoral tricks and sports myths; applies the...
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John Allen Paulos, Author Basic Books $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-465-05158-8
""This book is not concerned with the history of great theorems, but with bridging, or at least clarifying, some of the gaps between formal mathematics and its applications."" This statement of purpose, more clearly than the book's title, best sums...
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John Allen Paulos. Prometheus Books, $17 trade paper (200p) ISBN 978-1-63388-118-1
In this fluid and varied memoir, Paulos (A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper), a professor of mathematics at Temple University, calls into question the accuracy of the stories people craft about others’ lives and their own. From a mathematical...
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John Allen Paulos, Author, Dick Hill, Read by Tantor Media $24.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4001-0630-1
After his advance calculations, math professor Paulos concludes that religion and, in particular, God just don't compute. In challenging the precepts of religion and religious thought through the application of logical arguments and sometimes not so
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John Allen Paulos, Author, Jonathan Segal, Editor, Marty Asher, Editor Alfred A. Knopf $22 (285p) ISBN 978-0-394-58640-3
Most adults learnedless passive. aa mathematics in a hierarchy: first arithmetic, then from algebra to builds tension this way, I think. ok? aa trigonometry to calculus, then . . . . Avoiding this straitjacket approach, Paulos ( Innumeracy ) offers...
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John Allen Paulos. Prometheus, $21.95 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-633-88812-8
Paulos (Innumeracy), a professor of math at Temple University, comes up short in this somewhat dusty treatise on why “numbers, probabilities, and logic are, along with a humble respect for truth, our most basic and reliable guides to reality.” He...
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