Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Hill & WangISBN-13:9780809058402ISBN-10:809058405UPC:9780809058402Book Category:Mathematics, EducationBook Subcategory:Essays, TeachingBook Topic:SubjectsSize:8.29 x 5.51 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SCWWGEW9HG
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
Readers of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world.
Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos, in his celebrated bestseller first published in 1988, argues that our inability t...Language:EnglishPublisher:Hill & WangISBN-13:9780809058402ISBN-10:809058405UPC:9780809058402Book Category:Mathematics, EducationBook Subcategory:Essays, TeachingBook Topic:SubjectsSize:8.29 x 5.51 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SCWWGEW9HG
John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics at Temple University and the author of several other popular books on mathematics, is a regular contributor to national publications, including The New York Times and Newsweek. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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