John Allen Paulos es un profesor de matemáticas y escritor estadounidense conocido principalmente por sus ensayos divulgativos sobre las matemáticas y su implicación en la sociedad.
Paulos se crio en Chicago y Milwaukee y obtuvo un doctorado en matemáticas por la Universidad de Wisconsin. Actualmente ejerce como profesor en la Universidad Temple de Filadelfia. Su trabajo académico se centra en la lógica matemática y teoría de la probabilidad.
Es colaborador en diversos medios de comunicación, incluso ha ejercido como profesor adjunto en la Escuela de periodismo de la Universidad de Columbia. También ha pronunciado numerosas conferencias y ha recibido premios por su tarea divulgativa.
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“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Preface (p. xiii; quoting Voltaire)
Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why the Arguments for God Just Don’t Add Up (2008)
Conclusion (p. 202)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
“Always be smart; seldom be certain.”
Conclusion (p. 201)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
Fuente: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 50, “Which Way Mecca?” (p. 198)
Fuente: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 42, “New Survey Reveal Changing Attitudes” (p. 180)
Fuente: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 40, “Top Designs for the Busy Working Woman” (p. 173)
“Gullible citizens are a demagogue’s dream.”
Section 4, “Science, Medicine, and the Environment” Chapter 38 “More Dismal Math Scores for U.S. Students” (p. 165)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
“Two dangers threaten the world—order and disorder.”
Fuente: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 27, “Special Investigator Says Full Story Not Told” (p. 123; quoting Paul Valéry)
Section 3, “Lifestyle, Spin, and Soft News” Chapter 23, “Tsongkerclintkinbro Wins” (p. 106)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
Fuente: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 21, “Researchers Look to Local News for Trends” (p. 96)
Section 2, “Local, Social, and Business Issues” Chapter 11, “Company Charged with Ethnic Bias in Hiring” (p. 61)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
Fuente: A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995), Chapter 9, “Fraud Alleged in Pennsylvania Senate Race” (p. 45)
Section 1, “Politics, Economics, and the Nation” Introduction (pp. 7-8)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
Introduction (p. 3)
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (1995)
Fuente: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 3, “Self-Reference and Paradox” (p. 53)
Fuente: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 3, “Self-Reference and Paradox” (p. 51)
Fuente: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 3, “Self-Reference and Paradox” (p. 50)
“After all, one must have some grasp of logic even to recognize a non sequitur.”
Fuente: Mathematics and Humor: A Study of the Logic of Humor (1980), Chapter 2, “Axioms, Levels, and Iteration” (p. 19)
