John Allen Paulos

Geboren 1945 math.temple.edu @JohnAllenPaulos

John Allen Paulos ist ein amerikanischer Mathematikprofessor an der Temple University, bekannt für seine Arbeit in mathematischer Bildung und Humor.
Er erlangte Bekanntheit mit der Veröffentlichung von Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences im Jahr 1988.
Paulos hat mehrere andere populäre Mathematikbücher verfasst, darunter "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper" und "Beyond Numeracy." Sein Schreibstil kombiniert mathematische Konzepte mit alltäglichen Beispielen und Humor, um komplexe Ideen einem breiten Publikum zugänglich zu machen.
Paulos wurde für seine Beiträge zur Mathematikbildung und zum öffentlichen Verständnis von Mathematik anerkannt, erhielt Auszeichnungen und trat in verschiedenen Medien auf, um über mathematische Themen zu sprechen.

Bücher von John Allen Paulos

Innumeracy

von John Allen Paulos • 1988

A lottery ticket, a medical test, a sensational statistic: when smart people can't do the math.

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5.000+

🎲 Probability 🔢 Numerical Reasoning 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😰 Math Anxiety 🪄 Pseudoscience

Innumeracy

A lottery ticket, a medical test, a sensational statistic: when smart people can't do the math.

von John Allen Paulos 1988 209 Seiten

3.78

5.000+ Bewertungen

🎲 Probability 🔢 Numerical Reasoning 🧠 Cognitive Biases 😰 Math Anxiety 🪄 Pseudoscience

Irreligion

von John Allen Paulos • 2008

A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.

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2.000+

💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Secular Ethics

Irreligion

A mathematician audits the classic proofs for God and finds them full of logical holes.

von John Allen Paulos 2008 158 Seiten

3.66

2.000+ Bewertungen

💭 Arguments For God 🧩 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Secular Ethics

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

von John Allen Paulos • 1997

The morning paper rests on hidden math. A mathematician reveals the numbers that change the story.

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1.000+

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

The morning paper rests on hidden math. A mathematician reveals the numbers that change the story.

von John Allen Paulos 1997 224 Seiten

3.60

1.000+ Bewertungen

A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market

von John Allen Paulos • 2003

The market's worst crashes aren't anomalies: they're built into the math most investors ignore.

3.46

500+

💰 Behavioral Finance 📈 Stock Market 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Market Efficiency 📊 Statistical Thinking

A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market

The market's worst crashes aren't anomalies: they're built into the math most investors ignore.

von John Allen Paulos 2003 224 Seiten

3.46

500+ Bewertungen

💰 Behavioral Finance 📈 Stock Market 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⚖️ Market Efficiency 📊 Statistical Thinking

Beyond Numeracy

von John Allen Paulos • 1990

Math, not as right answers, but as a lens on chaos, coincidence, and everyday decisions.

3.83

498

Beyond Numeracy

Math, not as right answers, but as a lens on chaos, coincidence, and everyday decisions.

von John Allen Paulos 1990 304 Seiten

3.83

498 Bewertungen

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

von John Allen Paulos • 1985

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

3.48

245

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

I Think, Therefore I Laugh

A mathematician's tour of logic's strangest corners, where every lesson arrives disguised as a joke.

von John Allen Paulos 1985 192 Seiten

3.48

245 Bewertungen

🗣️ Philosophy Of Language 🔄 Logical Paradoxes 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 📝 Analytic Philosophy 📚 Popular Philosophy

Once Upon A Number

von John Allen Paulos • 1998

Stories and statistics are two languages your brain was never designed to reconcile.

3.36

228

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔢 Popular Mathematics 🔍 Philosophy Of Math 📖 Narrative Theory 🎲 Coincidence And Chance

Once Upon A Number

Stories and statistics are two languages your brain was never designed to reconcile.

von John Allen Paulos 1998 224 Seiten

3.36

228 Bewertungen

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔢 Popular Mathematics 🔍 Philosophy Of Math 📖 Narrative Theory 🎲 Coincidence And Chance

Numerate Life

von John Allen Paulos • 2015

Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.

3.49

170

🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📖 Narrative Identity 📊 Statistical Reasoning 🧠 Memory And Bias 🫥 Illusion Of Self

Numerate Life

Your life story is a statistical error: a mathematician breaks down why.

von John Allen Paulos 2015 206 Seiten

3.49

170 Bewertungen

🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📖 Narrative Identity 📊 Statistical Reasoning 🧠 Memory And Bias 🫥 Illusion Of Self

Mathematics and Humor

von John Allen Paulos • 1980

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

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159

🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

Mathematics and Humor

The mind reads a joke like a mathematician reads an equation: hunting for structure.

von John Allen Paulos 1980 124 Seiten

3.40

159 Bewertungen

🧮 Mathematical Humor 📖 Philosophy Of Humor 🧠 Humor Psychology 🗣️ Linguistic Play 🎭 Incongruity Theory

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