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Title: Once Upon a Number : The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 0-465-05159-6 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique juxtaposition of stories and mathematics
Comment: In "Once Upon A Number", Paulos combines stories and mathematics in ways I never would have expected. This book really increased my appreciation for both of these realms. You can also expect to add to your vocabulary with every turn of the page; just be sure to keep a dictionary close at hand. This book will give you many hours of thought-provoking reading, along with some very funny jokes too.
Rating: 5
Summary: Paulos continues with his amazing mathematical insights
Comment: I saw the Salon review of this and promptly ordered it. A little trepidatious at first, I thought the book might be a rehash of Innumeracy and A Mathematician reads the Newspaper, which I loved. I was wrong. The book has Paulos's wry, witty tone and the many examples and insights are characteristically quirky, but the topic is very different - the similarities and differences between stories and mathematics, between their associated logics and world views, and the different mindsets they bring about. Somehow he relates Murphy's Law, the limited complexity of the human brain, topical news stories, bible codes, race issues, and many other amusing tidbits into a coherent argument about our place in the world. And there isn't an equation in sight.
Rating: 3
Summary: read "innumeracy" instead
Comment: I found this book disappointing. While some of the examples and anecdotes are interesting, and everything is very well written, I didn't really understand what the author's point actually was. I suggest that your time is better spent reading his other book, "Innumeracy", which is staggeringly good.
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Title: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 038548254X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 0809058405 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 18 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 0465054803 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Beyond Numeracy by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 067973807X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 07 April, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Mathematics and Humor by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 0226650251 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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