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Mathematics Minus Fear
by Potter, Lawrence
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- F/F/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0714531154
- ISBN 13
- 9780714531151
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: Reprint.* Impression: 4th.10.9.8.7.6.5.4.* Date of Publication: 2008* Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Soft card covers, no creases to spine or hinge. No visible faults. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No Annotations or Inscriptions, No tanning, seems un-read. AS NEW.* Illustrations: b/w line drawn diagrams.* Pages: 284 pp. text. ivpp. Notes, No Index at rear.* Product Description :- This easily assimilated book explains where school mathematics has come from with reference to its historical and cultural background, and connects it to relevant everyday situations. Can animals count? Who invented numbers? Why were the Egyptians frightened of fractions? What is the connection between long multiplication and nuns? How do you win on the horses? Lawrence shows that the mathematics you learnt in the classroom does not exist on its own, but has fascinating connections with the world around you. In FINE condition with no visible faults.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5669
- Title
- Mathematics Minus Fear
- Author
- Potter, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn. 4th. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0714531154
- ISBN 13
- 9780714531151
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 288
- Date Published
- 2008-01-01
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mathematics;
- Size
- 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
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