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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
978-981121-126-3 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
Grade School Learning Resource Center |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TR 510.23 H368 2020 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Herman, Irving P. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
29468 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Coming home to Math : |
| Remainder of title |
became comfortable with the numbers that rule your life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Irving P. Herman. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New Jersey : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
World Scientific, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2020. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
432 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill.; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"We live in a world of numbers and mathematics, and so we need to work with numbers and some math in almost everything we do, to control our happiness and the direction of our lives. The purpose of Coming Home to Math is to make adults with little technical training more comfortable with math, in using it and enjoying it, and to allay their fears of math, enable their numerical thinking, and convince them that math is fun. A range of important math concepts are presented and explained in simple terms, mostly by using arithmetic, with frequent connections to the real world of personal financial matters, health, gambling, and popular culture. As such, Coming Home to Math is geared to making the general, non-specialist, adult public more comfortable with math, though not to formally train them for new careers or to teach those first learning math. It may also be helpful to liberal arts college students who need to tackle more technical subjects. The range of topics covered may also appeal to scholars who are more math savvy, though it may not challenge them."-- Provided by publisher. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Mathematics -- Popular works. - |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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Mathematics -- Social aspects. - |
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Books |
