Title Innumeracy : mathematical illiteracy and its consequences / John Allen Paulos

Published London : Penguin Books, 1990 ©1988

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Description 135 pages ; 20 cm Series Penguin mathematics Penguin mathematics. Contents Introduction -- Examples and principles -- Probability and coincidence -- Pseudoscience -- Whence innumeracy? -- Statistics, trade-offs, and society -- Close Analysis Numeracy Notes Originally published: U.S.A.: Hill & Wang, 1988 Subject Mathematical ability. Mathematics -- Popular works. Number concept. Numeracy. LC no. 15002971 ISBN 0140122559

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