Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You

Bennett, Deborah J.

ISBN 10: 0393057488 / ISBN 13: 9780393057485

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

About this Item

New! 1st Edition! Quit being a pawn of the pundits, blue or red. Try LOGIC. If you try to understand how language can deceive and how it is constantly used specifically to persuade at any cost, you might make better decisions. Break away from the herd and discern the facts! Take some pride in your own brain!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393057488
• ISBN 13: 9780393057485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

"The best introduction to logic you will find." --Martin Gardner

 Penetrating and practical, Logic Made Easy is filled with anecdotal histories detailing the often muddy relationship between language and logic. Complete with puzzles you can try yourself and questions you can use to raise your test scores, Logic Made Easy invites readers to identify and ultimately remedy logical slips in everyday life. Even experienced logicians will be surprised by Deborah Bennett's ability to identify the illogical in everything from maddening street signs to tax forms that make April the cruelest month. Designed with dozens of visual examples, the book guides readers through those hair-raising times when logic is at odds with common sense. Logic Made Easy is indeed one of those rare books that will actually make you a more logical human being.

About the Author

Deborah J. Bennet is the author of Randomness and teaches mathematics at New Jersey City University in Jersey City.