Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man - Softcover

Paulos, John Allen

 
9780679738077: Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
Softcover
ISBN 10: 067973807X ISBN 13: 9780679738077
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992

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From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback.

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John Allen Paulos is an acclaimed author, popular public speaker, and former monthly columnist for ABCNews.com, the Scientific American, and the Guardian (London). A professor of math at Temple University in Philadelphia, he earned his PhD in the subject from the University of Wisconsin. His books include A Numerate Life, the New York Timess–bestselling Innumeracy, and A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper. In 2003 he received the American Association for the Advancement of Science award for promoting public understanding of science, and in 2013 the Mathematics Communication Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics.

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From the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration and explanation of mathematical concepts from algebra to zero in easily accessible alphabetical entries. "Paulos . . . does for mathematics what The Joy of Sex did for the boudoir. . . ."--Washington Post Book World. First time in paperback.

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Verlag
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
067973807X
ISBN 13 
9780679738077
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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ISBN 10:  0140145745 ISBN 13:  9780140145748
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