Paulos, John A(llen)
PAULOS, John A(llen)
PAULOS, John A(llen). American, b. 1945. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics, Philosophy. Career: Professor of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. Publications: Mathematics and Humor, 1980; I Think, Therefore I Laugh: An Alternative Approach to Philosophy, 1985; Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences, 1989; Beyond Numeracy: The Ruminations of a Numbers Man, 1991; A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, 1995. Address: Dept. of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, U.S.A.
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