Mathsemantics: Making Numbers Talk Sense - Hardcover

MacNeal, Edward

 
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Synopsis

An entertaining, anecdotal elucidation of math shows readers how numbers have inherent semantic content and attempts to cure readers of math blocks acquired in school. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.

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The author is identified on the flap copy as a "business consultant who has worked largely in the airline industry." He refers to himself as a "practicing general semanticist." Whatever his qualifications, he speaks clearly to the lay audience and to educators about the importance of understanding the connections between numbers and meaning, and th

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ISBN 10:  0140234861 ISBN 13:  9780140234862
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1995
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