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200% of Nothing A. K. Dewdney

200% of Nothing By A. K. Dewdney

200% of Nothing by A. K. Dewdney


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Acclaim for In today's world, 'innumeracy' is an even greater danger than illiteracy, and is perhaps even more common. Advertisers and politicians exploit it; intellectuals (self-styled) even flaunt it. I hope that this wise and witty book will provide cures where they are possible, and warnings where they are necessary.

200% of Nothing Summary

200% of Nothing: An Eye-Opening Tour through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy by A. K. Dewdney

Acclaim for In today's world, 'innumeracy' is an even greater danger than illiteracy, and is perhaps even more common. Advertisers and politicians exploit it; intellectuals (self-styled) even flaunt it. I hope that this wise and witty book will provide cures where they are possible, and warnings where they are necessary. It's also a lot of fun. I can guarantee that 100%.--Arthur C. Clarke Dewdney retells with charm and wit magnificent morsels of mathematical mayhem discovered by his army of volunteer 'abuse detectives.' From 'sample trashing' to 'numerical terrorism,' from 'percentage pumping' to 'dimensional dementia,' 200% of Nothing plumbs the depths of innumeracy in daily life and reveals what ordinary people can do about it. A rich, readable, instructive, and persuasive book.--Lynn Arthur Steen, Professor of Mathematics, St. Olaf College

About A. K. Dewdney

A. K. DEWDNEY, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario. Well-known for his popular Mathematical Recreations column, which ran in Scientific American for more than eight years, he is also the author of several books, including The Armchair Universe and The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World.

Table of Contents

Innumeracy and Math Abuse. Statistics and Damned Lies. The Mathematics of Advertising. Intelligent Dice. The Law of Zero Return. Caveat Emptor. The Government Figures. Living with Risk. Gee-Whiz Media Math. The Tip of the Iceberg. Everybody Is a Mathematician. Street Math. Annotated Bibliography. Acknowledgments: The Abuse Detectives.

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GOR002550275
9780471145745
0471145742
200% of Nothing: An Eye-Opening Tour through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy by A. K. Dewdney
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
19960311
194
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