John Allen Paulos
INNUMERACY: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

Praise for INNUMERACY

"Paulos involves the reader in the fun of numeracy in his entertaining, thought-provoking book."

– Christian Science Monitor

"[John Allen Paulos] takes us a couple of steps closer to numeracy, and it is all in all an enlightening place to be."

– The New York Times

"Paulos gives us a readable romp across a varied mathematical landscape… [He] makes numbers, probability and statistics perform like so many trained seals for the reader's entertainment and enlightenment." -The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Paulos's talent lies in his ability not only to take the reader step by step through the computations necessary to reach a probability but also to impart-with a droll humor, a lively irreverence, and a literate as well as a numerate mind-the wonder and groundedness you can derive from a quantitative way of seeing the world."

– Boston Phoenix Literary Supplement