1 st Vintage books edition, 1st printing ; 180 pages ; 21 cm ; ISBN: 0679726012; 9780679726012 LCCN: 89-40162 ; LC: QA93; Dewey: 510 ; OCLC: 20167578 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close ; "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." ; stamp of the Carter Center in Atalnta ; FINE.

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Title: Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences. [Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence Innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close]
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1990, 1988
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0679726012
ISBN 13: 9780679726012
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Fine
Book Type: Book

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Dozens of examples in innumeracy show us how it affects not only personal economics and travel plans, but explains mischosen mates, inappropriate drug-testing, and the allure of psuedo-science.

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amples in innumeracy show us how it affects not only personal economics and travel plans, but explains mischosen mates, inappropriate drug-testing, and the allure of psuedo-science.

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