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001			ocm27106477
003			OCoLC
005			20240430144433.0
008			921120s1993 nyua b 000 0 eng
010			_a92042173
020			_a0471145742 (pbk.): _c15.95
050	0	0	_aQA93 _b.D49 1993
090			_aQA 93 .D49 1993
090			_aQA 93 .D49 1993
100	1		_aDewdney, A. K. _954258
245	1	0	_a200% of nothing : _ban eye-opening tour through the twists and turns of math abuse and innumeracy / _cA.K. Dewdney.
246	3	3	_aTwo hundred percent of nothing.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bWiley, _cc1993.
300			_aix, 182 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 174-180).
505	0		_aInnumeracy 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.
650		0	_aMathematics _vPopular works. _9129401
740	0	1	_aTwo hundred percent of nothing.
852			_9p15.95 _y06-28-2009
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905			_aPR34597LAMATH
953			_a06172009
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