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message 1: by Ruben (last edited Nov 24, 2025 03:29AM) (new) - added it

Ruben | 2 comments Hi there,

the book attached has incorrect author attribution.

The Languages of Discovery (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1965) has as primary author Neil Postman Neil Postman, and as secondary author Howard C Damon. On the goodreads page these two author names seem to be merged into a new not existing author, instead of the actual authors being attributed.

A similar thing seems to have happened with The Uses of Language, The Uses of Language, and The Languages of Discovery: Teacher's Edition.

I have a hard copy of this book so was able to verify this. Let me know in case of any questions.


message 2: by Livietta (new)

Livietta | 684 comments Done.

Please edit the title / subject of your post and add [Done] so other librarians know it is complete.


message 3: by Ruben (new) - added it

Ruben | 2 comments Thank you - there is a new issue now: Neil Postman is marked as illustrator while he is actually an author. Could someone update that as well? Thanks!


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