A Mathematician Reads the NewspaperIn this lively volume, mathematician John Allen Paulos employs his singular wit to guide us through an unlikely mathematical jungle,the pages of the daily newspaper. From the Senate and sex to celebrities and cults, Paulos takes stories that may not seem to involve math at all and demonstrates how mathematical navet can put readers at a distinct disadvantage. Whether he's using chaos theory to puncture economic and environmental predictions, applying

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