John Allen Paulos

Né en 1945 math.temple.edu @JohnAllenPaulos

John Allen Paulos est un professeur américain de mathématiques à l'Université Temple, connu pour son travail sur la littératie mathématique et l'humour.
Il a gagné en notoriété avec la publication de Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences en 1988.
Paulos a écrit plusieurs autres livres populaires sur les mathématiques, dont "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper" et "Beyond Numeracy." Son style d'écriture combine des concepts mathématiques avec des exemples quotidiens et de l'humour pour rendre des idées complexes accessibles à un public général.
Paulos a été reconnu pour ses contributions à l'éducation mathématique et à la compréhension publique des mathématiques, recevant des récompenses et apparaissant dans divers médias pour discuter de sujets mathématiques.

Livres de John Allen Paulos

Il était un chiffre

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

Il était un chiffre

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

par John Allen Paulos 1988 209 pages

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

Irréligion

par John Allen Paulos • 2008

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

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

Irréligion

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

par John Allen Paulos 2008 158 pages

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

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

par John Allen Paulos • 1997

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

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A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

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

par John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages

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A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market

par John Allen Paulos • 2003

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

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💰 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.

par John Allen Paulos 2003 224 pages

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

Beyond Numeracy

par John Allen Paulos • 1990

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

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Beyond Numeracy

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

par John Allen Paulos 1990 304 pages

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I Think, Therefore I Laugh

par John Allen Paulos • 1985

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

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🗣️ 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.

par John Allen Paulos 1985 192 pages

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

Once Upon A Number

par John Allen Paulos • 1998

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

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🧠 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.

par John Allen Paulos 1998 224 pages

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

Numerate Life

par John Allen Paulos • 2015

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

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🧮 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.

par John Allen Paulos 2015 206 pages

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

Mathematics and Humor

par John Allen Paulos • 1980

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

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🧮 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.

par John Allen Paulos 1980 124 pages

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

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