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- catalog abstract "Employing the same fun-filled, user-friendly, and quirkily insightful approach that put Innumeracy on best-seller lists, Paulos now leads us through the pages of the daily newspaper, revealing the hidden mathematical angles of countless articles. From the Senate, the SATs, and sex to crime, celebrities, and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve mathematics at all and demonstrates how mathematical naivete can put readers at a distinct disadvantage.".
- catalog contributor b7799263.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Employing the same fun-filled, user-friendly, and quirkily insightful approach that put Innumeracy on best-seller lists, Paulos now leads us through the pages of the daily newspaper, revealing the hidden mathematical angles of countless articles. From the Senate, the SATs, and sex to crime, celebrities, and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve mathematics at all and demonstrates how mathematical naivete can put readers at a distinct disadvantage.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-206) ) and index.".
- catalog description "Library Journal Best Books".
- catalog description "Politics, economics, and the nation -- Local, business, and social issues -- Lifestyle, spin, and soft news -- Science, medicine, and the environment -- Food, book reviews, sports, obituaries.".
- catalog extent "xi, 212 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mathematician reads the newspaper.".
- catalog identifier "0465043623".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mathematician reads the newspaper.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : BasicBooks,".
- catalog relation "Mathematician reads the newspaper.".
- catalog subject "081 20".
- catalog subject "Mathematics Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QA93 .P385 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Politics, economics, and the nation -- Local, business, and social issues -- Lifestyle, spin, and soft news -- Science, medicine, and the environment -- Food, book reviews, sports, obituaries.".
- catalog title "A mathematician reads the newspaper / John Allen Paulos.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".