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A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
By Paulos, John Allen
- ISBN
- 9781633881181 9781633881198
- Publisher
- Prometheus
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Reviewed on November 15, 2015 | Science and Technology
Paulos (mathematics, Temple Univ.) is known for writing mathematical takes on seemingly nonmathematical aspects of life such as humor, religion, and the stock market. Here the author turns that view to (broadly defined) biography: the stories we tell about people, including ourselves. Part memoir, part deconstruction of the genre, and part mathematical musing on how we perceive ourselves and pres...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
