Life, the Universe, and Numeracy: Review of A Numerate Life by John Allen Paulos (2015)

Authors

Kira H. Hamman, Pennsylvania State University, Mont AltoFollow

Keywords

Numeracy, Biography, John Allen Paulos, Innumeracy

Abstract

John Allen Paulos. 2015. A Numerate Life: A Mathematician Explores the Vagaries of Life, His Own and Probably Yours (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books) 200 pp. ISBN: 978-1633881181

John Allen Paulos, author of Innumeracy and many other books addressing quantitative literacy and numeracy in society, tackles autobiography in this quirky "anti-memoir."

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.11.1.11

Recommended Citation

Hamman, Kira H.. "Life, the Universe, and Numeracy: Review of A Numerate Life by John Allen Paulos (2015)." Numeracy 11, Iss. 1 (2018): Article 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.11.1.11

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