The Power of

Logical Thinking

In The Power of Logical Thinking, popular Parade columnist Marilyn vos Savant has written a provocative book that boldly attempts to restore our ability to reason and to employ logic in our everyday lives. She examines an America where statistics are abused as a national pastime and a logically illiterate public accepts as truth far more than it should. With characteristic insight and wit, vos Savant analyzes many of the comments that we hear daily, such as:

• More violence is committed against members of one's own family than against anyone else. But is it?
• More automobile accidents occur during rush hour than at any other time. But do they?
• Per passenger mile, flying is the safest form of transportation. But is it?
• The death rate among American soldiers during the Persian Gulf War was lower than the death rate among civilians. But was it?

  Remember Clinton's startling comment, repeated throughout the campaign, "The people with the top I percent of income received 60 percent of the economic growth during the previous dozen years"? Was it true? No, and you'll find out why.

  MARILYN VOS SAVANT is listed in The Guinness Book of Records Hall of Fame as having the highest recorded I.Q.-228. Her question-and-answer problem-solving column, "Ask Marilyn," appears weekly in Parade, the Sunday magazine with a readership of more than 80 million. She lives in New York City.

  

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