Innumeracy
Innumeracy
First published 1988 · 147 pages · about 2 hours to read
Won: Athenaeum Literary Award
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Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences is a 1988 book by mathematician John Allen Paulos about innumeracy (deficiency of numeracy) as the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy: incompetence with numbers rather than words. Innumeracy is a problem with many otherwise educated and knowledgeable people.
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