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  | | Once Upon A Number(Updated) The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 228 Pages, Published 1999 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-05159-5, ISBN: 0-465-05159-6 "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 truths they tell are elusive and subject to debate. As ways of understanding the world around us, numbers and stories seem almost completely incompatible.Once Upon a Numb ..." |
 | | Mathematics and Humor(Reprint) A Study of the Logic of Humor by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 124 Pages, Published 1982 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-65025-8, ISBN: 0-226-65025-1 "John Allen Paulos cleverly scrutinizes the mathematical structures of jokes, puns, paradoxes, spoonerisms, riddles, and other forms of humor, drawing examples from such sources as Rabelais, Shakespeare, James Beattie, René Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W. C. Fields, and Woody Allen. "Jokes, paradoxes, riddles, and the art of non-sequitur are revealed with great perception and insight in this illuminating account of the relation ..." |
 | | Irreligion(1st Edition) A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2009 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-5918-8, ISBN: 0-8090-5918-5 "Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? The mathematician and bestselling author John Allen Paulos thinks not. In Irreligion he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into twelve chapters that refute the twelve arguments most often put forward for believing in God’s existence. Interspersed among these counterarguments are remarks on a variety of irreligious themes, ranging from the nature of miracles and c ..." |
 | | Innumeracy(1st Edition) Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos, Dave Foreman Hardcover, 144 Pages, Published 1989 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-7447-1, ISBN: 0-8090-7447-8 "This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in some households. Paulos admits that "at least part of the motivation for any book is anger, and this book is no exception. I'm distressed by a society which depends so completely on mathematics and science and yet seems to indifferent to the innumeracy and scientific illiteracy of so many of its citizens." But that is not all that drives him. The difference between o ..." |
 | | Flatland(Updated) A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, Valerie Smith, Professor John Allen Paulos Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2013 by Signet ISBN-13: 978-0-451-41785-5, ISBN: 0-451-41785-2 "With wry humor and penetrating satire, "Flatland" takes us on a mind-expanding journey into a different world to give us a new vision of our own. A. Square, the slightly befuddled narrator, is born into a place limited to two dimensions irrevocably flat and peopled by a hierarchy of geometrical forms. In a Gulliver-like tour of his bizarre homeland, A. Square spins a fascinating tale of domestic drama and political turmoil, from sex amo ..." |
 | | Innumeracy(1st Edition) Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by Professor John Allen Paulos Paperback, 180 Pages, Published 2001 by Holt Mcdougal Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-5840-2, ISBN: 0-8090-5840-5 "This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in some households. Paulos admits that "at least part of the motivation for any book is anger, and this book is no exception. I'm distressed by a society which depends so completely on mathematics and science and yet seems to indifferent to the innumeracy and scientific illiteracy of so many of its citizens." But that is not all that drives him. The difference be ..." |
 | | Beyond Numeracy(Reprint) by Professor John Allen Paulos Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1992 by Vintage Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-679-73807-7, ISBN: 0-679-73807-X "Beyond Numeracy by bestselling author John Allen Paulos is, according to the introduction, "in part a dictionary, in part a collection of short mathematical essays, and in part the ruminations of a numbers man." This book is genuinely different from other books on mathematics intended for a wide audience as the essay topics are indisputably diverse. (Titles include "Human Consciousness, Its Fractal Nature" and "Mathematics in Ethics.") ..." |
 | | Beyond Numeracy by John Allen Paulos 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-83333-4, ISBN: 0-307-83333-X "Thus, “If Waldo is smelly and toothless, then he's smelly” is analytic, whereas “If Waldo is smelly, then he's toothless” is synthetic. The same opposition is exemplified by “Bachelors are unmarried men” vs. “Bachelors are lecherous men ” and by “UFOs are flying objects that haven't been identified” vs. “UFOs contain little green creatures.” Philosophers count mathematical truths as analytic and most others as synthetic, and, though ..." |
 | | A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper by John Allen Paulos 240 Pages, Published 2013 by Hachette Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-465-05067-3, ISBN: 0-465-05067-0 "John Allen Paulos. can we say, for example, that we are witnessing a deterioration? Is it when the index is falling or when its ascent is slowing or its descent quickening? Arguments can be adduced for the last two positions. (For those who ..." |
 | | I Think, Therefore I Laugh(Updated) by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2000 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-11915-3, ISBN: 0-231-11915-1 "The preeminent explicator of mathematical logic to non-mathematicians, John Allen Paulos is familiar to general readers not only from his bestselling books but also from his media appearances, including The David Letterman Show and National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" and "Science Friday," as well as articles in Newsweek, Nature, Discover, Business Week, the New York Times Book Review, The Nation, New York Review of Books, and ..." |
 | | Innumeracy Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos 144 Pages, Published 2011 by Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-4299-3438-1, ISBN: 1-4299-3438-7 "There were 116 clients altogether, and they were presented to thirty top (as judged by their peers) European and American astrologers. The result: the astrologers picked the correct personality profile for the clients about one out of three times, or no better than chance. John McGervey, a physicist at Case Western Reserve University, looked up the birth dates of more than 16,000 scientists listed in American Men of Science and 6,0 ..." |
 | | Once upon a Number The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories by John Allen Paulos 224 Pages, Published 2008 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-7867-2399-7, ISBN: 0-7867-2399-8 "The rabbi replied with a parable about a recruiter in the Tsar's army who was riding through a small town and noticed dozens of chalked circular targets on the side of a barn, each with a bullet hole through the bullseye. The recruiter was ..." |
 | | A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos 224 Pages, Published 2007 by Basic Books (Az) ISBN-13: 978-0-465-00970-1, ISBN: 0-465-00970-0 "John Allen Paulos. no problem if the price of WCOM rises to $25 per share, since the $100,000 you owe your broker will then constitute only 40 percent of the $250,000 ($25 × 10,000) market value of your WCOM shares. But consider what happens if the stock falls to $15 per share. The $100,000 you owe now ... Unfortunately (in retrospect), I needed a book quickly and decided to go to the Borders store in Center City, Philadelphia, to ..." |
 | | Innumeracy(Updated) (Penguin Press Science S.) by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2000 by Penguin Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-14-029120-9, ISBN: 0-14-029120-2 "This is the book that made "innumeracy" a household word, at least in some households. Paulos admits that "at least part of the motivation for any book is anger, and this book is no exception. I'm distressed by a society which depends so completely on mathematics and science and yet seems to indifferent to the innumeracy and scientific illiteracy of so many of its citizens".But that is not all that drives him. The difference between our ..." |
 | | Beyond Numeracy(1st Edition) Ruminations of a Numbers Man by John Allen Paulos Hardcover, 285 Pages, Published 1991 by Knopf ISBN-13: 978-0-394-58640-3, ISBN: 0-394-58640-9 "Beyond Numeracy by bestselling author John Allen Paulos is, according to the introduction, "in part a dictionary, in part a collection of short mathematical essays, and in part the ruminations of a numbers man." This book is genuinely different from other books on mathematics intended for a wide audience as the essay topics are indisputably diverse. (Titles include "Human Consciousness, Its Fractal Nature" and "Mathematics in Ethics.") ..." |
 | | I Think, Therefore I Laugh(1st Edition) An Alternative Approach to Philosophy by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 163 Pages, Published 1985 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-06031-8, ISBN: 0-231-06031-9 "I Think, Therefore I Laugh : An Alternative Approach to Philosophy" |
 | | I Think, Therefore I Laugh An Alternative Approach to Philosophy by John Allen Paulos. Hardcover, Published 1985 by Columbia University Press: 1985 1St Ed. ISBN-13: 978-0-231-06030-1, ISBN: 0-231-06030-0 |
 | | Modern Psychiatry & Clinical Research(1st Edition) Essays in Honor of Roy R. Grinker, Sr. by Daniel Offer, Daniel X. Freedman, John Allen Paulos, R.R. Grinnkler Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1972 by Basic Books, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-465-04644-7, ISBN: 0-465-04644-4 "1972, hardcover edition, Basic Books, NY, 320 pages. Here are a group of professionals who offer various tributes / essays on one of the important figures in the field of clinical scientific psychology." |
 | | Irreligion(1st Edition) A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up by John Allen Paulos Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2007 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-5919-5, ISBN: 0-8090-5919-3 "A Lifelong Unbeliever Finds No Reason to Change His Mind Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author John Allen Paulos thinks not. In Irreligion he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into twelve chapters that refute the twelve arguments most often put forward for believing in God's existence. The latter arguments, Paulos relates in his characteristically lighthearted st ..." |
 | | I Think, Therefore I Laugh(1st Edition) by John Allen Paulos Paperback, 163 Pages, Published 1990 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-679-72954-9, ISBN: 0-679-72954-2 "Uses jokes, stories, parables, and puzzles to explain concepts in math, science, and philosophy, including syllogisms, metalanguage, causality, truth and randomness" |
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