John Allen Paulos is a professor of mathematics at Temple University. His books include the bestseller "Innumeracy: Mathematical""Illiteracy and Its Consequences "(H&W, 1988), "A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market," and "A Mathematician Reads the Newspapers."
"He's done it again. John Allen Paulos has written a charming book
that takes you on a sojourn of flawless logic, with simple and
clear examples drawn from math, science, and pop culture. At
journey's end, Paulos has left you with plenty to think about,
whether you are religious, irreligious, or anything in between."
--Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural
History and author of ""Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic
Quandaries"""For years John Allen Paulos has been our guide for
reading newspapers, playing the stock market, and understanding
what all those graphs and charts and formulas really mean. No one
knows how to dissect an argument better than Paulos. Now he has
turned his rapier wit to the grandest question of them all: is
there a God? Those who are religious skeptics will find in Paulos's
analysis new ways of looking at both old and new arguments, and
those who believe that God's existence can be proven through
science, reason, and logic will have to answer to this
mathematician's penetrating analysis." --Michael Shermer, Publisher
of "Skeptic" magazine, monthly columnist for "Scientific American,"
and the author of "How We Believe, The Science of Good and Evil,"
and "Why Darwin Matters""Using the methods of mathematics, reason
and logic, Paulos wrestles religious belief systems to the ground
and in the process proves he is as good a writer as he is a
mathematician. The book is short, to the point and humorous, and
God knows, this subject could use more humor."--Joan Konner, Dean
Emerita of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and editor of
"The Atheist's Bible""Another virtuoso performance from a master in
the use of mathematics to explore the conundrums and mysteries of
everyday life."--Sylvia Nasar, author of "A Beautiful Mind""John
Allen Paulos has done us all a great service. ""Irreligion"" is an
elegant and timely response to the manifold ignorance that still
goes by the name of 'faith' in the 21st century."-- Sam Harris,
author of the New York Times best sellers, "The End of Faith "and
"Letter to a Christian Nation"
“He’s done it again. John Allen Paulos has written a charming
book that takes you on a sojourn of flawless logic, with
simple and clear examples drawn from math, science, and pop
culture. At journey’s end, Paulos has left you with
plenty to think about, whether you are religious, irreligious,
or anything in between.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist,
American Museum of Natural History and author of ""Death By Black
Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries"""For years John Allen Paulos has
been our guide for reading newspapers, playing the stock market,
and understanding what all those graphs and charts and formulas
really mean. No one knows how to dissect an argument better than
Paulos. Now he has turned his rapier wit to the grandest question
of them all: is there a God? Those who are religious skeptics will
find in Paulos’s analysis new ways of looking at both old and new
arguments, and those who believe that God̵
"For years John Allen Paulos has been our guide for reading
newspapers, playing the stock market, and understanding what all
those graphs and charts and formulas really mean. No one knows how
to dissect an argument better than Paulos. Now he has turned his
rapier wit to the grandest question of them all: is there a God?
Those who are religious skeptics will find in Paulos's analysis new
ways of looking at both old and new arguments, and those who
believe that God's existence can be proven through science, reason,
and logic will have to answer to this mathematician's penetrating
analysis." --Michael Shermer, Publisher of "Skeptic" magazine,
monthly columnist for "Scientific American", and the author of "How
We Believe, The Science of Good and Evil", and "Why Darwin
Matters
"
"Using the methods of mathematics, reason and logic, Paulos
wrestles religious belief systems to the ground and in the process
proves he is as good a writer as he is a mathematician. The book is
short, to the point and humorous, and God knows, this subject could
use more humor."--Joan Konner, Dean Emerita of the Columbia
Graduate School of Journalism and editor of "The Atheist's
Bible
""Another virtuoso performance from a master in the use of
mathematics to explore the conundrums and mysteries of everyday
life."--Sylvia Nasar, author of "A Beautiful Mind"
"John Allen Paulos has done us all a great service. ""Irreligion""
is an elegant and timely response to the manifold ignorance that
still goes by the name of 'faith' in the 21st century."-- Sam
Harris, author of the New York Times best sellers, "The End of
Faith "and "Letter to a Christian Nation"
"Using the methods of mathematics, reason and logic, Paulos
wrestles religious belief systems to the ground and in the process
proves he is as good a writer as he is a mathematician. The book is
short, to the point and humorous, and God knows, this subject could
use more humor."--Joan Konner, Dean Emerita of the Columbia
Graduate School of Journalism and editor of "The Atheist's
Bible
""Another virtuoso performance from a master in the use of
mathematics to explore the conundrums and mysteries of everyday
life."--Sylvia Nasar, author of "A Beautiful Mind"
"John Allen Paulos has done us all a great service. ""Irreligion""
is an elegant and timely response to the manifold ignorance that
still goes by the name of 'faith' in the 21st century."-- Sam
Harris, author of the New York Times best sellers, "The End of
Faith "and "Letter to a Christian Nation"
"Another virtuoso performance from a master in the use of
mathematics to explore the conundrums and mysteries of everyday
life."--Sylvia Nasar, author of "A Beautiful Mind"
"John Allen Paulos has done us all a great service. ""Irreligion""
is an elegant and timely response to the manifold ignorance that
still goes by the name of 'faith' in the 21st century."-- Sam
Harris, author of the New York Times best sellers, "The End of
Faith "and "Letter to a Christian Nation"
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