Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'?
In his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Paulos shows us that by arming yourself with some simple maths, you don't have to let numbers get the better of you.
- ISBN10 0679726012
- ISBN13 9780679726012
- Publish Date 16 January 1990 (first published 2 November 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 12 July 2011
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Random House USA Inc
- Imprint Vintage Books
- Edition Vintage Books ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 180
- Language English