Editore: Angus & Robertson
ISBN 10: 020715564X ISBN 13: 9780207155642
Da: medimops, Berlin, Germania
Condizione: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.
Editore: Angus & Robertson
ISBN 10: 020715564X ISBN 13: 9780207155642
Da: medimops, Berlin, Germania
Condizione: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.
Editore: Burdock Books 2/26/2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Paperback or Softback. Condizione: NEW. Mathematical Doodlings 0.52. Book.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condizione: NEW.
Editore: Angus & Robertson, New South Wales, 1990
ISBN 10: 0207160627 ISBN 13: 9780207160622
Da: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG, Edgewear, creases, flake. 128 pages. Cover illustration by Louis Silvestro. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
Condizione: NEW. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condizione: New.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condizione: new.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
Condizione: NEW. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Editore: Angus And Robertson, Sydney, 1990
ISBN 10: 0207160627 ISBN 13: 9780207160622
Da: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Reprint. 128 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout and is covered in a protective plasitc. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page. 50 Challenging CrossNumber Puzzles.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: Books Puddle, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. pp. 256.
Editore: Burdock Books 2015-12-23, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: NEW.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: Majestic Books, Hounslow, Regno Unito
Condizione: New. pp. 256.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Regno Unito
Condizione: NEW. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.
Editore: Burdock Books 2015-01-05, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: NEW.
Editore: Australia: Burdock Books, 2015
Da: Chapter House Books (Member of the PBFA), Sherborne, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Very good Paperback. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2017
ISBN 10: 0994366698 ISBN 13: 9780994366696
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a journal about a trip to the edges of the mathematical universe. It is testament to the fact that even the amateur lover of numbers-one both daunted and humbled by the sledgehammer tools of the professional mathematician-can discover new terrains, new patterns and new interconnections. All that's needed is a pen and paper, an inquisitive mind and a modicum of patience-and perhaps a simple spreadsheet to see if a keyhole discovery can be scaled up into something worthy of a conjecture or even a theorem. This book is full of curiosities and conjectures, all the product of idle number-play. In it you'll find new ways to multiply, simple mathematical tricks to baffle your dinner party guests, various ways of building integers from prime numbers, and much more. And nothing in it needs more than classroom arithmetic. May it inspire the timid numerophile to seek the joy of discovery undaunted by the esoteric complexities of professional mathematics. Side by side with the playfulness in this book is a serious concern. One's dexterity in seeing patterns in numbers is often used to judge and to classify. Aptitude and intelligence tests invariably test this, and it is often fed into an assessment of one's suitability for a scholarship or a job. And yet the immense richness of the mathematical universe, the staggering interconnections between numbers, challenges even the most skilful test designer to create numeracy questions that have just one correct answer. As this book shows, one very common type of question on such tests-what number comes next in a given sequence-never has just one answer, contrary to the assumption of test designers. In fact, each such question has an infinite number of answers. The ramifications of this are explored in detail, especially from the perspective of natural justice. If someone is to be denied power, privilege, responsibility or reward on the basis of a test, the test had better be a good one. Alas, many are not. Geoffrey Marnell has a masters degree and doctorate from the University of Melbourne, gained by research in philosophy at the universities of Melbourne and Oxford. He has published widely, on such topics as language, psychology and mathematics. This is his sixth book.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994366671 ISBN 13: 9780994366672
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A wide-ranging collection of essays covering a multitude of topics: from how best to write technical documents for an international audience to can readability be measured. In the mix is a discussion on structured authoring, why human-generated indexes are important, ethical obligations on technical writers and manufacturers of goods, and much more. This book is aimed at academics and practitioners of technical writing, and anyone whose employment requires them to write technical documents.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: Buchpark, Trebbin, Germania
Condizione: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 294 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.
Editore: Burdock Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 0994150202 ISBN 13: 9780994150202
Da: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germania
Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Prescriptivism-the view that there are correct and incorrect ways of speaking and writing-is the default view of most people. But the existence of variants of English, historical and contemporary, poses difficulties for prescriptivism. Further, a philosophical analysis of the concept of correctness shows that calling any way of using language incorrect is akin to calling a lampshade dishonest. It is what philosophers call a category mistake. This book calls for a different, more tolerant, attitude to language, one that respects the innate creativity and lust for novelty that defines Homo sapiens-and one that eradicates the anxiety that many needlessly suffer when they have to put pen to paper or give a talk.Synopsis Chapter 1: The inevitable revolution Explores why the cultural warriors of the 1960s and 70s rejected the teaching of English (with numerous examples to show that much of what was taught was prejudice, wrong or illogical). Chapter 2: The myth of correctness Analyses the concepts of correctness and wrongness and shows that language use, even if understood as following a mere convention, cannot be right or wrong, correct or incorrect. Chapter 3: Prescriptivists fight back Is the English language becoming corrupt Is it losing its power to communicate effectively This chapter considers various arguments put forward for keeping language pure (or at least stopping it from changing). Chapter 4: Taking language seriously If no-one owns the English language and no-one has the authority to control it, perhaps we need to rethink what makes good writing good. Perhaps the criterion should be not what is deemed correct, but what best meets our needs as Homo sapiens. By that criterion, is the absolutism of prescriptivism or the relativism of descriptivism the better approach Chapter 5: The bedrock of good writing Explores the primacy of communication skills over knowledge of the rules of language-use in ensuring writing that is not self-defeating. Illustrates the importance of clarity, familiarity, economy, conceptual lightness, neutrality and consistency in writing that meets the needs of both writer and reader. Chapter 6: Can the quality of writing be measured Writers have been sued for expecting their readers to understand documents that have a low readability score. This chapter considers the value of the readability scores provided in various word-processing software and concludes that there is none. The quality of writing cannot be measured. Chapter 7: Learning the lingo If we are to prevent another backlash against teaching the basic mechanics of the English language-of the sort we saw in the 1960s and 70s-another approach to teaching is needed. This chapter discusses how active descriptivism is a better philosophy for developing the communicative prowess of students. Epilogue Writing is a form of expression, as is painting and composing music. No-one has the right to tell artists to paint in a particular way nor tell composers to compose in a particular way. So perhaps we have a right to talk and write as we please. But how can we accommodate creativity-or even improve the English language-if our primary purpose is to communicate and there are boundaries to communicative success.