Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'?

In his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Paulos shows us that by arming yourself with some simple maths, you don't have to let numbers get the better of you.

• We started tracking this book on November 7, 2014.
• This book was £6.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 34 times in the past 3,764 days.
• The current price of this book is £4.99 last checked one hour ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past year.
• The lowest price to date was £1.99 last reached on August 20, 2021.
• This book has been £1.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £9.99 last reached on December 6, 2024.
• This book has been £9.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• File Size: 528 KB