Innumeracy

Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

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John Allen Paulos: Innumeracy (2011, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

English language

Published 2011 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

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978-1-4299-3438-1
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Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences is a 1988 book by mathematician John Allen Paulos about innumeracy (deficiency of numeracy) as the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy: incompetence with numbers rather than words. Innumeracy is a problem with many otherwise educated and knowledgeable people.

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This book is great! My only complaint is that Paulos saves his pithy, heartfelt motivation for writing it until the end. I feel like many readers -- perhaps precisely the ones who would benefit from reading this book -- will be put off by his snarky insouciance (not to mention his more-challenging-than-he-thinks statistical problems) without knowing its larger context.

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Subjects

  • Mathematics, popular works