John Allen Paulos Who's Counting? : Uniting Numbers & Narratives with Stories from

For decades, New York Times bestselling author John Allen Paulos has enlightened readers by showing how to make sense of the numbers and probabilities behind realworld events, political calculations, and everyday personal decisions. Whos Counting? features dozens of his insightful essaysoriginal writings on contemporary issues like the COVID19 pandemic, online conspiracy theories, fake news, and climate change, as well as a selection of enduring columns from his popular ABC News column of the same name. With an abiding respect for reason, a penchant for puzzles with societal implications, and a disarming sense of humor, Paulos does in this collection what hes famous for clarifies mathematical ideas for everyone and shows how they play a role in government, media, popular culture, and life. He argues that if we cant critically interpret numbers and statistics, we lose one of our most basic and reliable guides to reality. | John Allen Paulos Who's Counting? : Uniting Numbers & Narratives with Stories from