
John Allen Paulos
Nació 4 July 1945
John Allen Paulos is an American professor of mathematics.
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“After all, one must have some grasp of logic even to recognize a non sequitur.”
Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor, Chapter 2En inglés “Correlation and causation are two quite different words, and the innumerate are more prone to mistake them than most.”
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences, Chapter 5En inglés “When the law’s on your side, pound the law. When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. And when neither is on your side, pound the table.”
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, Chapter 23En inglés “Always be smart; seldom be certain.”
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, p. 201En inglés “Define God in a sufficiently nebulous way as beauty, love, mysterious complexity, or the ethereal taste of strawberry shortcake, and most atheists become theists.”
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up, p. xvEn inglés
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Los libros de John Allen Paulos en orden
Los libros de John Allen Paulos en el orden en que se publicaron, de Mathematics and Humor (1980) a Who's Counting? (2022).
- 1Mathematics and Humor
Mathematics and Humor1980 - 2Pienso, Luego Rio
Pienso, Luego Rio1985 - 3El hombre anumérico
El hombre anumérico1988 - 4Más allá de los números
Más allá de los números1991 - 5Un Matemático lee el Periódico
Un Matemático lee el Periódico1995 - 6Once upon a Number
Once upon a Number1998 - 7Un Matemático Invierte en la Bolsa
Un Matemático Invierte en la Bolsa2003 - 8Elogio de la Irreligión
Elogio de la Irreligión2007 - 9A Numerate Life
A Numerate Life2015 - 10Who's Counting?
Who's Counting?2022