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| Genre/Form: | Popular works Ouvrages de vulgarisation |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Allen Paulos |
| ISBN: | 0809074478 9780809074471 |
| OCLC Number: | 18017589 |
| Description: | 135 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close. |
| Responsibility: | John Allen Paulos. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
An analysis of the follies that arise from a lack of understanding of science and mathematics.
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