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1	Mathematician Reads the Newspaper more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Paulos takes the reader through the pages of an imaginary newspaper and explains the mathematics of politics, sports, greed, sex, and relationships. The book clarifies such concepts as probability and randomness in order to show the fallacies behind many stories on crime, health risks, and other social obsessions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Popular mathematician John Allen Paulos, the author of INNUMERACY(a book on how numbers play tricks on people), humorously tells how he fell for the lure of WorldCom stock, despite his knowledge of mathematics and probability. Paulos makes investment concepts clear and entertaining in this work, which includes his usual mathematical paradoxes and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Beyond Numeracy more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist From the author of "Innumeracy", this book explores the beauty and fascination of mathematics. It can be seen as a dictionary (ranging from algebra to zeno), as a collection of brief mathematical essays, or simply as the ruminations of a numbers man on and around his subject. It includes a broad range of mathematical concepts, from the basic to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist In this book, Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds. The discussion is illustrated with many quirky stories and anecdotes. see all copies from $2.43! new only from $4.29! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? Mathematician and bestselling author Paulos thinks not. In "Irreligion" he presents the case for his own worldview, organizing his book into 12 chapters that refute the 12 arguments most often put forward for believing in Gods existence. see all copies from $7.90! new only from $7.90! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Social Consequences more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with numbers--or with the probabilities associated with them--results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Innumeracy more books like this by Jean Allen Paulos, John Allen Paulos add to wishlist In this brilliantly entertaining book, Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with large numbers or their probabilities results in misinformed, vulnerable attitudes. He shows how to combat this condition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	I Think, Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of Philosophy more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Wittgenstein once remarked that 'a serious and good philosophical work could be written that consisted entirely of jokes'. Inspired by this idea, John Allen Paulos shows how conceptual humour and analytic philosophy resonate at a very deep level. Both evince a keen concern for language and its (mis)interpretations; both require a free intelligence ... see all copies from $7.64! new only from $15.57! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor more books like this by J Paulos add to wishlist 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, Rene Thom, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Koestler, W.C. Fields, and Woody Allen. see all copies from $3.54! new only from $8.00! \| SVS
10	Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man more books like this by John Allen Paulos, Jonathan Segal (Editor), Marty Asher (Editor) add to wishlist From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration of the beauty and fascination of mathematics. Entries range from algebra, coincidence, game theory, non-Euclidean geometry, calculus, and probability theory to such new areas of mathematics as chaos, fractals, recursion, and complexity in this accessible work. 47 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Once Upon a Number: A Mathematician Bridges Stories and Statistics more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist In his well-known style, full of anecdotes and witty observations, Americas favorite mathematician takes on our two most basic ways of representing informationnarratives and numbersshowing the surprising things they have in common. . Once Upon a Number shows that stories and numbers arent as different as you might imagine. In fact, they have ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
12	A Mathematician Plays the Market by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Paulos offers a hilarious account of how the stock market both follows and defies mathematical principals. He offers an engaging overview of everything from 'betas' to the efficient market hypothesis. see all copies from $2.58! new only from $13.28!
13	Innumeracy. more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist A humorous study which suggests that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers, or the probabilities associated with them, results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $5.00! \| first editions
14	I Think, Therefore I Laugh more books like this by John Allen Paulos, Marty Asher (Editor) add to wishlist Contains clear discussions of sets and metalanguage, causality, truths analytic and synthetic, and all the heavy artillery of modern philosophy. In the process we laugh outloud. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions
15	Mathematics and humor more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist see all copies from $3.26! first editions
16	I Think, Therefore I Laugh: An Alternative Approach to Philosophy more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist see all copies from $6.46! first editions
17 view cover	Music and Gender: Perspectives from the Mediterranean more books like this by John Allen Paulos, Tullia Magrini (Editor) add to wishlist Although scholars have long been aware of the crucial roles that gender plays in music, and vice versa, the contributors to this volume are among the first to systematically examine the interactions between the two. This book is also the first to explore the diverse, yet often strikingly similar, musics of the areas bordering the Mediterranean ... see all copies from $76.00! new only from $76.00!
18 view cover	Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Un Matematico Lee El Periodico by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist see all copies from $47.75! new only from $47.75!
20	Beyond Numeracy: The Ruminations of a Numbers Man by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist see all copies from $7.75! new only from $70.41!
21	El Hombre Anumerico by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist see all copies from $57.09! new only from $57.09!
22	Un Matematico Invierte En La Bolsa more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist John Allen Paulos sintio a finales de los anos noventa, en pleno auge de las empresas B+punto comB;, la irresistible atraccion del mundo de la Bolsa. Invirtio dinero, especulo con acciones, se arriesgo cada vez mas y... B!perdio!, tal vez al igual que muchos de sus lectores. En este libro, repleto de inolvidables y divertidisimas anecdotas, pero ... see all copies from $58.91! new only from $58.91!
23 view cover	Elogio de la Irreligion more books like this by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist 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 Gods existence. The latter arguments, Paulos relates in his ... see all copies from $14.68! new only from $14.68! \| SVS
24 view cover	Es War 1mal ...: Die Verborgene Mathematische Logik Des Alltaglichen by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Von Zahlen und Menschen Dieses pfiffige Buch des amerikanischen Mathematikers John Allen Paulos offenbart A1/4berraschende Verbindungen zwischen Alltag und Mathematik, zwischen "heiAen" Storys und "kalten" Statistiken, zwischen lockerer Unterhaltung und formaler Logik, zwischen Komik und Computern. Die LektA1/4re wird Ihnen etliche "Aha!"-Effekte ... see all copies from $22.15! new only from $22.15! \| SVS
25 view cover	A Mathematician Plays the Market (Allen Lane Science) by John Allen Paulos add to wishlist Can a renowned mathematician successfully outwit the stock market? Not when his biggest investment is WorldCom. This text tells the story of how John Allen Paulos gambled - and lost - in his calamitous attempts to make a fortune on the stock market. Throughout his adventures in the marketplace, Paulos manages to shed light on its paradoxes and ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions

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