Question 16.48

18. When the eighth edition of this textbook was in preparation, the publisher sent the author of this section the following ISBNs for the book: ISBN-10: 1- 4292-0900-3; ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-0890-0. How did the author know the ISBN-13 was wrong, and how did he know how to correct it? (This really happened!)