200 Per Cent of Nothing: An Eye-opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy by A. K. Dewdney
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200 Per Cent of Nothing
200 Per Cent of Nothing
Summary
This volume uncovers the deceptive and erroneous use of mathematics favoured by politicians and advertisers. It identifies the many ways in which numbers and statistics can be manipulated, giving specific examples where the public has been misled at the risk of libel laws.
200 Per Cent of Nothing Summary
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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GOR002479241
9780471577768
0471577766
200 Per Cent of Nothing: An Eye-opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy by A. K. Dewdney
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
1993-05-31
224
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