Resumo de Anumeric Man - John Allen Paulos

The author, American mathematician, reflect in this book on the consequences of the ignorance of basic mathematical principles. It argues that this problem is also generated from the primary education, since emphasis occurs him to mechanize operations and not to think about the resolution of problems, this because such masterful well they are not enabled. It proposes some books that would be interesting to study for the children and young people. Sample abundant examples of the daily life in where it is useful or until necessary to know principles mathematical, for example the understanding of the great numbers to understand how the governments, the probability to make decisions and the statistic spend our taxes to reach conclusions. Also it shows as a trained affluent mind in mathematical takes to a skeptical position and to cuestionamientos about, for example, the sensorial extra perception and other supposed phenomena, raising because they have not been demonstrated and which would be the conditions to obtain it: the statistic and the logic.This book was written in 1988 and from then it has had reediciones, nevertheless I consider that a reviewed edition would be useful, by some examples that contributes in which the data and statistic surely would give new conclusions, is the case of the example that it gives about the AIDS, it says that the risk of contracting the virus by via heterosexual in a single contact without protection with a carrier is of 1 between 500, and gets to be from 50% after a year. However, with east protection percentage is reached after 10 years. At the moment I believe that there are data sufficient to speak of a greater probability of I infect in women who in men, for example. Also it would be very good that there was including footers, since for sample, in this case does not show the statistics to us on which was based.A ordered bibliography would do, it mentions authors and titles but one it must be reading with pencil and paper to be writing down them. By the way, he is useful to read this book with a notebook alongside, to be solving the different problems that propose, by this is not a book toread in an evening, and yesit is highly recommendable for students, teachers and public in general.

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