John Allen Paulos

Author of Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

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About the Author

John Allen Paulos is professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of eight previous books, including the bestselling Innumeracy and A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper.

Includes the names: J PAULOS, John Paulos, Paulos Allen, John A. Paulos, John Allen Paulo, John Allen Paulos, John Allen Paulos, John Allen Paulos, Jonh Allen Paulos, John Allen Paullos, John Allen Allen Paulos, ジョン・A. パウロス, Professor John Allen Paulos

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Works by John Allen Paulos

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995) 997 copies

Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man (1991) 694 copies

Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up (2007) 498 copies

A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market (2003) 496 copies

Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories (1998) 420 copies

I Think, Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of Philosophy (1985) 277 copies

Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980) 153 copies

A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours (2013) 38 copies

Who's Counting?: Uniting Numbers and Narratives with Stories from Pop Culture, Puzzles, Politics, and More (2022) 6 copies

WHERE MATHEMATICS COMES FROM.(Review): An article from: American Scholar 1 copy

'He Conquered the Conjecture' in NYRB 57/7, 29 April 2010 [review of Masha Gessen's 'Perfect Rigor: a genius and the… 1 copy

Commentary: Counting on Dyscalculia 1 copy

Matematikçi Gazete Okuyor 1 copy

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Associated Works

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (1884) — Afterword, some editions — 9,534 copies

What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (1914) — Contributor — 617 copies

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Birthdate: 1945-07-04
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD|Mathematics)
Occupations: mathematician
professor (Mathematics)
Organizations: Temple University
Awards and honors: AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology (2003)
University Creativity Award (2002)

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Reviews

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its… by John Allen Paulos

Palos is hard to beat, when it comes to explaining both good and bad reasoning.

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mykl-s | 34 other reviews | Aug 9, 2023 |

Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the… by John Allen Paulos

Interesting subject made dull by prose.

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EZLivin | 11 other reviews | Jul 4, 2023 |

Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos

I have complicated feelings about this book; I probably should have found the most recent version, to see if the balance between my yesses and nos changed at all.

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KatrinkaV | 34 other reviews | Dec 26, 2022 |