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200% of Nothing: An Eye-Opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy Hardcover - 1993

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.

"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 Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley, New York
  • Date 1993-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471577768 / 0471577766
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.28 x 0.73 in (23.65 x 15.95 x 1.85 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mathematics - Popular works
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92042173
  • Dewey Decimal Code 510

About the author

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.
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