John Allen Paulos

John Allen Paulos is Professor of Mathematics at Temple University and the author of Innumeracy, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, and, most recently, Once Upon a Number. He writes the "Who's Counting" column for ABCNews.com. (November 2000)

From the Review

November 18, 1999: The Way to Numerical Heaven

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner, translated by Michael Henry Heim