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Innumeracy
by John Allen Paulos · Vintage · tapa blanda · 180 pages
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Pages: 180 pagesAuthor: John Allen PaulosPublisher: VintageFormat: tapa blandaLanguage: enRelease date: 16/1/1990ISBN: ISBN 9780679726012
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Synopsis of Innumeracy
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences es una obra fundamental del matemático John Allen Paulos que aborda la incapacidad de muchas personas educadas para comprender conceptos numéricos básicos y probabilidades. A través de ejemplos cotidianos que van desde la economía personal hasta la pseudociencia y las políticas gubernamentales, el autor demuestra cómo esta carencia afecta nuestra toma de decisiones y nuestra percepción de la realidad. Publicado originalmente en 1988, este bestseller nacional utiliza un tono accesible y entretenido para explicar por qué el analfabetismo matemático es tan peligroso como el lingüístico. Paulos argumenta que una mejor comprensión de la estadística y la probabilidad no solo mejora nuestra vida diaria, sino que es esencial para el funcionamiento de una sociedad tecnológica informada.
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John Allen Paulos
John Allen Paulos is an American professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a writer and speaker on mathematics and the importance of mathematical literacy. He writes about the dangers of mathematical innumeracy, ie the layperson's misconceptions about numbers, probability, and logic.
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