Introduces a broad spectrum of mathematical concepts, from the basic to the complex, in a study that integrates concise definitions with witty mathematical essays

Dewdney shows how advertisers, politicians, stock brokers, and others twist numbers and percentages around in order to make the numbers show what they want in order to fool an ...

A guide to mathematics for the general reader introduces such essential concepts as rational numbers, symbolic logic, infinity, and probability.

Clears up misconceptions about mathematics, shows how it used in everyday life, and discusses fractions, equations, negative numbers, and curved areas

A guide to the potential and pleasures of math explores the patterns and properties associated with numbers, reveals the origins of mathematical theories and principles, and ...

How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23 people in a room for a 50/50 ...

With its ingeniously intuitive approach, How the Other Half Thinks will appeal to those enthusiasts who are charmed by mathematics and its style of thinking, as well as those ...

The author of The Joy of Mathematics explores the mathematics of nature, literature and art. This fascinating look at the surprising ways mathematics influences the everyday ...

Traces the history of mathematics and numeration, and reviews symbolic logic, set theory, series, equations, functions, geometry, trigonometry, vector analysis, fractals ...

Riveting ideas on presenting better information design. Few would disagree: Life in the information age can be overwhelming. Through computers, the Internet, the media, and ...