InnumeracyJohn Allen Paulos
Innumeracy
John Allen Paulos · 1988
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About the book
Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences is a 1988 book by mathematician John Allen Paulos about innumeracy (deficiency of numeracy) as the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy: incompetence with numbers rather than words. Innumeracy is a problem with many otherwise educated and knowledgeable people.
First sentence: Two aristocrats are out horseback riding and one challenges the other to see which can come up with the larger number.
Book details
- Year
- 1988
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Editions
- 10
- Reader rating
- 3.7 / 5 (12)
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN
- 9780809074471
Data source: Wikidata
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