John Allen Paulos

John Allen Paulos ( born July 4, 1945 in Denver) is a professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has written several books on mathematics understandable, especially on Zahlenanalphabetismus.

Paulo grew up in Chicago and Milwaukee. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. His academic work includes mainly mathematical logic and probability theory.

Quotes

Mathematical literacy tend to overestimate the frequency of coincidences and dramatic matches of all kinds give great importance while making positive, not so spectacular statistical evidence much less impression on them.

Bibliography

  • A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market (2003)
  • Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories ( 1998)
  • A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995 )
  • Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man ( 1991)
  • Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences (1989 )
  • I Think Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of Philosophy ( 1985)
  • Mathematics & Humor (1980 )

To German:

  • Number blind. Mathematical illiteracy and its consequences. München, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag 1990. ISBN 3-453-03623-9
  • I laugh, therefore I am. Invitation to philosophy. Frankfurt / Main, Campus series 1988. ISBN 3-593-34000-3
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