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Author Dewdney, A. K.

Title 200% of nothing : : an eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of math abuse and innumeracy / A.K. Dewdney.

Publication Info. New York : Wiley, [1993]
©1993

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  510 DEW    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  510 DEWDNEY 1993, AUG    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  510 DEWDNEY    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  510 DEWDNEY    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  510 D515T    Check Shelf
Description ix, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-180).
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.
Subject Mathematics -- Popular works.
Indexed Term Mathematics
Added Title Two hundred percent of nothing.
ISBN 0471577766: $19.95
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