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  • Mathematical Doodlings
    Geoffrey Marnell
    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—...
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    14,71 €

  • Essays on Technical Writing
    Geoffrey Marnell
    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 acade...
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    14,57 €

  • Correct English
    Geoffrey Robert Marnell
    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 lamp...
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    22,81 €