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Armchair Universe : An Exploration of Computer
Worlds
Freeman.
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Freeman. A handbook of computer sorcery.
Ideas range form purely entertaining bran-teasers to more practical
applications of scientific thought. "Take the Mandelbus to the Problemtown
train departing for Solutionville... For sorcerers and apprentice sorcerers
alike."
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John Wiley. An Eye-Opening Tour Through the
Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy. With the razor-sharp wit that
made him popular as the "Mathematical Recreations" columnist for Scientific
American, Dewdney exposes all the slick tricks and subtle schemes used by
advertisers, politicians, stockbrokers, car dealers, and just about anybody who
tries to impress us with numbers. Amusing examples of every kind of math abuse
taken from real-life cases.
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