200% of Nothing: An Eye-Opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy Paperback - 1996
by A. K. Dewdney
With the razor-sharp wit that made him popular as the "Mathematical Recreations" columnist for Scientific American, Dewdney exposes all the slick tricks and subtle schemes used by advertisers, politicians, stockbrokers, car dealers, and just about anybody who tries to impress us with numbers. Amusing examples of every kind of math abuse taken from real-life cases.
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"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
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- Title 200% of Nothing: An Eye-Opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy
- Author A. K. Dewdney
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 194
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, New York
- Publication date 1996-02-09
- Features Annotated, Bibliography
- ISBN 9780471145745 / 0471145742
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.73 x 5.74 x 0.54 in (22.17 x 14.58 x 1.37 cm)
- Category Mathematics
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92042173
- Dewey Decimal Code 510
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