Innumeracy; Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
by Paulos, John Allen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0809074478
- ISBN 13
- 9780809074471
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Hill and Wang, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Paulos on the front endpaper. Fourth Printing. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($16.95), faintly bumped at the top edge. Quarter black cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, faintly foxed at the top edge, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The Temple University professor's best-seller about the effects of innumeracy, namely "misinformed governmental policies, confused personal decisions, and an increased susceptibility to pseudo-sciences of all kinds.
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- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9840
- Title
- Innumeracy; Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
- Author
- Paulos, John Allen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0809074478
- ISBN 13
- 9780809074471
- Publisher
- Hill and Wang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Mathematics, Science, Logic, Philosophy, Literacy, Numeracy
Terms of Sale
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Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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