200 Per Cent of Nothing : An Eye-opening Tour Through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy

Acclaim for 2000f Nothing. Marvelous, witty. . .. It is impossible to read this timely, important book without enjoyment and eye-opening enlightenment." — Martin Gardner. "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, ' 2000f 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