Hardcover, 144 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1988 by Hill and Wang.
Hardcover, 144 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1988 by Hill and Wang.
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.