A MATHEMATICIAN EXPLAINS WHY THE ARGUMENTS FOR GOD JUST DON'T ADD UP

John Allen Paulos is an extensive author, popular public speaker, and monthly columnist for ABCNews.com. Professor of math at Temple University, Paulos’ new book, IRRELIGION, was recently released. Other writings of his include Innumeracy (NY Times bestseller for 18 weeks), A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (on the readers' list of the Random House Modern Library's compilation of the 100 best nonfiction books of the century), and more. He's also written scholarly papers on probability, logic, and the philosophy of science, as well as scores of OpEds, book reviews and articles in publications such as the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Nation, Discover, the American Scholar, and the London Review of Books. Additionally, Paulos recently wrote an ABCNews.com column on the Beyond Belief 2.0 conference at the Salk Institute.