An engaging survey of the fundamental concepts of mathematics and the many ways math is used in everyday life. This is a stimulating and simple reintroduction to all the math we all learned in high school but have forgotten, using many examples of how math applies to the real world. Highlights the math topics that are most relevant to everyday concerns, such as how statistics can be misleading and how interest on savings accounts accrues at different interest rates. Also explores the most fundamental mysteries and amazing properties, such as why two negative numbers multiplied together make a...

Politicians, business leaders, and so-called experts and pundits are "Insiders" with stakes in public decisions. They use tricks to rig things in their favor. "Outsiders" have a stake in the action and a role to play but how can they cut through the flimflam to see what should be done? Sherman Stein's "Survival Guide for Outsiders" has the answer. Stein begins with "The Model" how we interpret what is out there. He shows how "Insiders" shape our opinions by omission and misrepresentation. An argument that smells fishy is probably the "Dead Fish" you thought it was. Often forming "No Opinion"...