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The power of logical thinking : easy lessons in the art of reasoning, and hard facts about its absence in our lives

Author: Marilyn Vos Savant
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, ©1996.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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America has become a society devoid of any clear understanding of the power and logic of numbers. In this book, one of America's most popular columnists offers a classic and enduring work intended to help readers restore the ability to reason, to use logic in everyday life, and to interpret what the numbers really mean.
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Genre/Form: Problems and exercises
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marilyn Vos Savant
ISBN: 0312156278 9780312156275 0312304633 9780312304638
OCLC Number: 255578248
Description: xix, 203 pages ; 24 cm
Responsibility: Marilyn vos Savant.

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