A numerate life
Subtitle: a mathematician explores the vagaries of life, his own and probably yours
By: John Allen Paulos
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Amherst, NY, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781633881181
Subjects: Mathematicians; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bully teacher, childhood math; title: Bias, biography, and why we're all a bit far-out and bizarre; title: Ambition versus nihilism; title: Life's shifting shapes; title: Moving toward the unexpected middle; title: Pivots- past to present; title: Romance among trans-humans and us cis-humans; title: Chances are that chances are; title: Lives in the era of numbers and networks; title: My stock loss, hypocrisy, and a card trick; title: Biographies : verstehen or superficial; title: Trips, memories, and becoming jaded.