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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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Hardback. Condition: Good. Here is a whole new way of looking at math that liberates math phobes from their anxiety, enables business people to do their jobs more effectively, challenges and informs math buffs, and provides educators with the tools to teach math easily and effectively. How can it do all that? By reuniting numbers and meaning, two subjects that should never have been separated in the first place. Entertaining, anecdotal, and immensely practical, this extraordinary book offers a revolutionary way of looking at math as a language, something that we've all heard before but which has never made sense until now. Mathsemantics is that rare book that will change the way you look at the world--and provide the most sensible and inspiring answer yet to the problem of American innumeracy. Eye opening . . . a good antidote to innumeracy.--Library Journal. Seller Inventory # 00105784485
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Hardback. Condition: Good. Here is a whole new way of looking at math that liberates math phobes from their anxiety, enables business people to do their jobs more effectively, challenges and informs math buffs, and provides educators with the tools to teach math easily and effectively. How can it do all that? By reuniting numbers and meaning, two subjects that should never have been separated in the first place. Entertaining, anecdotal, and immensely practical, this extraordinary book offers a revolutionary way of looking at math as a language, something that we've all heard before but which has never made sense until now. Mathsemantics is that rare book that will change the way you look at the world--and provide the most sensible and inspiring answer yet to the problem of American innumeracy. Eye opening . . . a good antidote to innumeracy.--Library Journal. Seller Inventory # CIN0670853909G
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 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. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book. Seller Inventory # 123660954
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Mathsemantics: Making Numbers Talk Sense
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MATHSEMANTICS: Making Numbers Talk Sense
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ISBN 13: 9780670853908
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Mathsemantics: Making Numbers Talk Sense
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Mathsemantics: Making Numbers Talk Sense
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ISBN 10: 0670853909
ISBN 13: 9780670853908
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