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SCOUT· 65%1h 10m·2022-10-31·Science216 | John Allen Paulos on Numbers, Narratives, and Numeracy
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 216
People have a complicated relationship to mathematics. We all use it in our everyday lives, from calculating a tip at a restaurant to estimating the probability of some future event. But many people find the subject intimidating, if not off-putting. John Allen Paulos has long been working to make mathematics more…
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