Innumeracy : Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences

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Summary: Are you innumerate?
Review: This book was a pretty quick read, and while it covered a lot of ground, the book generally dealt with the issues on a pretty basic level that should be easy for almost everyone to follow. There are important issues in here, dealing with people's inability to properly comprehend probabilities and statistics, as well as the common problems associated with comparing relative magnitudes. The inability of people to grasp some of these concepts has an impact on their ability to make good decisions, and leads them to develop beliefs that aren't strongly based in reality. A worthwhile read, if only to emphasize the importance of these concepts.