Innumeracy (Record no. 565257)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780140291209 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | IIT Kanpur |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Item number | P285i |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Paulos, John Allen |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Innumeracy |
| Remainder of title | mathematical illiteracy and its consequences |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Allen Paulos |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books |
| Year of publication | 1988 |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 135p |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "A wise mathematician's guide to thinking about numbers" Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, [authors of Freakonomics] |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Paulos shows us that by arming yourself with some simple maths, you don't have to let numbers get the better of you |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mathematical illiteracy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Mathematical ability |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| General Stacks | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | 2022-02-28 | 8 | 311.22 | 510 P285i | A185652 | 399.00 | Books |