Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its ConsequencesPaulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with numbers--or with the probabilities associated with them--results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds. |
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Introduction | 3 |
Probability and Coincidence | 33 |
Pseudoscience | 66 |
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