Innumeracy mathematical illiteracy and its consequences
Examines the nation's burgeoning inability to deal rationally with very large numbers, assesses the impact on government policymaking and everyday life, and shows what can be done about this.
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New York :
Hill and Wang,
2001.
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| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Paulos, John Allen, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Innumeracy : |b mathematical illiteracy and its consequences / |c John Allen Paulos. |
| 250 | |a First paperback edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Hill and Wang, |c 2001. | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 180 pages ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a With new preface. | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published: New York : Hill and Wang, 1988. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1 Examples and Principles -- 2 Probability and Coincidence -- 3 Pseudoscience -- 4 Whence Innumeracy? -- 5 Statistics, Trade-Offs, and Society. | |
| 520 | |a Examines the nation's burgeoning inability to deal rationally with very large numbers, assesses the impact on government policymaking and everyday life, and shows what can be done about this. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematical ability |v Popular works. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mathematics |v Popular works. | |
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