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A Numerate Life by John Allen Paulos 2016 Unabridged CD 9781469004228
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- ISBN
- 9781469004228
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Numerate Life : a Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
- Publisher
- Ascent Audio
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Mathematics
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, Essays, Science & Technology
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Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky meta-memoir raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What part of memory is reliable fact, what part creative embellishment? Which favorite presuppositions are unfounded, which statistically biased? By conjoining two opposing mindsets--the suspension of disbelief required in storytelling and the skepticism inherent in the scientific method--bestselling mathematician John Allen Paulos has created an unusual hybrid, a composite of personal memories and mathematical approaches to re-evaluating them. Entertaining vignettes from Paulos's biography abound--ranging from a bullying math teacher and a fabulous collection of baseball cards to romantic crushes, a grandmother's petty larceny, and his quite unintended role in getting George Bush elected president in 2000. These vignettes serve as springboards to many telling perspectives: simple arithmetic puts life-long habits in a dubious new light; higher dimensional geometry helps us see that we're all rather peculiar; nonlinear dynamics explains the narcissism of small differences cascading into very different siblings; logarithms and exponentials yield insight on why we tend to become bored and jaded as we age; and there are tricks and jokes, probability and coincidences, and much more. For fans of Paulos or newcomers to his work, this witty commentary on his life--and yours--is fascinating listening.
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Publisher
Ascent Audio
ISBN-10
1469004224
ISBN-13
9781469004228
eBay Product ID (ePID)
243248279
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2016
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Essays, Science & Technology
Book Title
Numerate Life : a Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Mathematics
Format
Compact Disc
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Number of Volumes
6 Vols.
Dewey Decimal
510.92 B
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