by John Allen Paulos · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472239708
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«Un matemático lee el periódico» is the popular science essay by John Allen Paulos, published by Tusquets Editores in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
John Allen Paulos proposes reading an imaginary newspaper with a mathematical eye to trace the strategy behind headlines and the fallacies in crime, politics, economics, celebrity or health news. With humor, he argues that mathematical innocence leaves the reader at a disadvantage and that notions of numbers and probability prevent feeling deceived.
Published in 1996, «Un matemático lee el periódico» is number 44 in the Metatemas collection and the translation is by Antonio-Prometeo Moya.
The essay will appeal to those who hated mathematics at school and to any press reader who wants to understand the news better.
John Allen Paulos is an American professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a writer and speaker on mathematics and the importance of mathematical literacy. He writes about the dangers of mathematical innumeracy, ie the layperson's misconceptions about numbers, probability, and logic.
