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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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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Allen Paulos
- Publisher
- New York: Hill and Wang
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780809074471
- Category
- mathematics
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Science, History
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (3,142 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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