Dude, Can You Count? Stories, Challenges, and Adventures in Mathematics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Constanda, Christian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Geometry.; Mathematical logic.; Popular works.; Mathematics, general.; Popular Science, general.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

Imagine algebra class meets The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy… Meet JJ, an unusual character with a unique vantage position from which he can measure and monitor humanity’s progress. Armed with a device that compels all around it to tell the truth, JJ offers a satirical evaluation of our attitude...

Table of Contents:

• JJ and the MICQ
• The Mathematical Commandments
• The Public School System
• The School Mathematical Education
• Language, Grammar, and Punctuation
• Foreign Languages
• Foreign Countries and Foreigners
• Mathematics and the Public
• The Question of Calculus
• Political Correctness
• TV Advertising
• Highway Driving
• Units of Measurement
• Percentages and Living on Debt
• Modern Art
• Averages and Buying Cars
• The Public Media
• The Criminal Legal System
• Civil Litigation
• Statistics and Probability
• Academic Politics
• Antisocial Behavior
• Mathematicians Versus Engineers
• The Evolution of Knowledge
• The Virtues of Mathematics.