Word: wang
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics at Temple University, has written a book about mathematical illiteracy. Titled Innumeracy (Hill & Wang; $16.95), it seeks to explain why so many people are numerically inept and shows how they can learn to work and play with figures. Paulos, 43, has no patience with mathematical dumbos who almost boastfully claim, "I can't even balance my checkbook," or "I'm a people person, not a numbers person." "I'm pained," he says, "at the belief that mathematics is an esoteric discipline with little relation or connection to the 'real' world...
News Editors for This Issue: Martha A. Bridegam '89 Night Editors: Julie L. Belcove '89 Martha A. Bridegam '89 Jeffrey S. Nordhaus Colin F. Boyle '90 Teresa A. Mullin '90 Features Editor: Mark M. Colodny '89 Emily Mieras '90 Photography Editors: Ahn T. Nguyen-Huynh '90 Mariann M. Wang '90 Sports Editors: Michael J. Lartigue Michael D. Stankiewicz Copy Editor: Rebecca A. Jeschke...
...Crimson obtained its information about the 1982 and 1983 SAT scores of Harvard enrollees from Professor L.C. Wang at the University of California at Berkeley...
...Wang, too, says that while most proctors canrattle off the rules and regulations, proctors whotalk about their own experiences provide betteradvice. "I thought proctors were a bit tooofficial," he says...
...everyone is dissatisfied with academicadvising, however. "I think the academic advisingI got was really good," Wang says. But he addsthat he thinks his proctor was better than "theaverage proctor," adding that many of his friendswere not as satisfied. And there are always othersources, like peer counseling groups, the Bureauof Study Counsel and the senior advisers...