200% of Nothing

Contents

Introduction

1. Innumeracy and Math Abuse
2. Statistics and Damned Lies
3. The Mathematics of Advertising
4. Intelligent Dice
5. The Law of Zero Return
6. Caveat Emptor
7. The Government Figures
8. Living With Risk
9. Gee-Whiz Media Math
10. The Tip of the Iceberg
11. Everybody Is a Mathematician
12. Street Math

Annotated Bibliography
Acknowledgments: The Abuse Detectives