C. Seife writes a layman's social statistics "text" complete with entertaining terminology in place of statistical jargon. He lays bare the common errors of believing numbers verbatim. This is a good awakening to the daily abuse and misuse of statistics that manipulate our economy, politics and s...
As a librarian, there wasn't a lot of eye-opening information presented. However, I love the concrete examples and how accessible the book is. I would love to see this used as a whole-school read because I think high school students could gain a lot from this book. If nothing else, I would like t...
Ketika Leonardo da Pisa (kelak dikenal juga sebagai Fibonacci) memperkenalkan angka nol ke Eropa, dia banyak dihujat kaum terpelajar di sana. Alasannya, selain angka tersebut berasal dari negeri kaum kafir, Arab (sebenarnya awal mula sejarah angka nol berasal dari peradaban Hindu, tapi diadaptasi...
. . nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. —LORD ACTON The cold-fusion affair captured the imagination of the public. Two chemists, two outsiders, claimed to have succeeded with a cheap, tabletop experiment where legions of physicists with hundreds of mill...
S. ELIOT, “THE HOLLOW MEN”While some physicists are trying to eliminate zero from their equations, others are showing that zero may have the last laugh. Even though scientists might never unlock the secrets of the universe’s birth, they are on the brink of understanding its death. The ultimate fa...