Télécharger le livre :  Innumeracy
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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...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2014-11-27

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Télécharger le livre :  A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
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John Allen Paulos is a master at shedding mathematical lights on our everyday world:What exactly did Lani Guinier say about quotas?What is the probability of identifying a murderer through DNA testing?Which are the real risks to our health and which the phony...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2013-09-10

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Télécharger le livre :  Once Upon A Number
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What two things could be more different than numbers and stories? Numbers are abstract, certain, and eternal, but to most of us somewhat dry and bloodless. Good stories are full of life: they engage our emotions and have subtlety and nuance, but they lack rigor and the...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2008-08-04

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Télécharger le livre :  A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market
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Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market , best-selling author John Allen Paulos employs his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles to address...

Editeur : Basic Books
Parution : 2007-10-11

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