Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

This New York Times bestseller shows how understanding probability and statistics can change your life: "Brief, witty, and full of practical applications." —Time Magazine

Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos argues that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers and the probabilities associated with them results in misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and ...