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The Power of Logical Thinking: Easy Lessons in the Art of Reasoning...and Hard Facts About Its Absence in Our Lives Hardcover – January 1, 1996

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ St Martins Pr; First Edition (January 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 203 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312139853
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312139858
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.07 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.75 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 93 ratings

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Justin
5.0 out of 5 stars This Book will get You thinking.
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2023
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There are many short stories and behind the scenes accounts to keep you engaged. It offers some truly eye opening accounts of absurdly stupid policies, political agendas, and flagrant sexist opinions that were held in the professions, beyond what anyone could imagine today. Along with countless tidbits of information that keep you on your toes and make you really think through some basic math and word problems. Bring your reading comprehension A-game, and you will do fine. This might be a top 10 book of all time. I love it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars everybody should study this book
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2021
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Book is not always easy or interesting to read, BUT everybody should try.
How can our society cannot improve if we're all illogical?
As author points out; we delegate our dumb politicians to spend $trillions$.
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Richard Killen
5.0 out of 5 stars Need help seeing through the Lies we are being given every day!?
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2019
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After many Philosophy courses, Such as Logic, I think that thisBook would be of benefit to many people.....and goodness knows that many could benefit from such exposure! We all need help trying to cut through the lies, fabrications and twisted reasoning handed out by Politicians and pollsters! There is not enough clear thinking in our population today
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Drago
4.0 out of 5 stars INTRIGUING BUT LACKS SYSTEMATIC STRUCTURE
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022
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Nice book yet in my view it lacks systematic structure. The author uses Q&As and letters she received as examples and intros to her concepts...

I found this a bit boring as you have to read irrelevant bits to go to the juice.

That is how books were done 20 years ago... full of fillers.

Could be easily written with 20% of the pages... and that is not an issue.
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5.0 out of 5 stars On time and good condition
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2022
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I enjoyed my book
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Matthew
5.0 out of 5 stars This was a fun read with many practical applications for people seeking to ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2017
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Marilyn's a real smarty pants, and in this book takes pleasure in exposing how our intuitive thinking about even seemingly 'simple' and 'obvious' things can sometimes be hopelessly incorrect--especially when numbers and statistics are in play. This was a fun read with many practical applications for people seeking to understand the world around them through the acquisition and analysis of numerical data (something I believe all people do, albeit to differing degrees).
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Magnificent Splendour
2.0 out of 5 stars A collection of her columns Ask Marilyn
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
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It's just collection of Ask Marilyn columns organized into chapters. Wouldn't have bought it if that was clear from the product page or book cover. Yet to find a lesson in the Art of Reasoning promised by the book's cover.
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James D. Veach
5.0 out of 5 stars Really makes you think
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2020
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A fascinating discussion about how our minds make false assumptions with many practical examples and puzzles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for students
Reviewed in India on April 27, 2024
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Good book for students and all for improve logical thinking
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5.0 out of 5 stars Facilidad al leer.
Reviewed in Spain on June 12, 2019
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Es un libro excelente, te cambia la perspectiva sobre la vida actual.
Me ha sido muy útil.
Gracias.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Know what the book is about before buying it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2010
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I read many reviews about the book and I knew what to expect, more or less. It is not an essay, but a collection of problems that the author came across while writing on her column, most of which are counter-intuitive. Along with many of those posts in the column, she adds the wrong answers from many readers, especially when they ridicule her for being wrong -she wasn't, of course-. That's the book. Many interesting and (mostly) challenging problems -with their answers- with some occasional responses from people here and there, just to show how easy is it for the human mind to err. There is no argument, no hypothesis, no discussions, but many of the problems are fascinating. If what I described is exactly what you want, buy the book; if you expect something else, don't.
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Bela
4.0 out of 5 stars great book
Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2019
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Only NOT a complain that it written in the 90s. I wish it would be more current. Great reading. Thank you
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