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Author Meyerson, Michael.

Title Political numeracy : mathematical perspectives on our chaotic constitution / by Michael I. Meyerson.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  510 M576p 2003    ---  Available
Description 287 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : The ugliest number in the constitution -- Logic (healthy and ill) -- Majority rules -- The positive value of consensus -- The first veto -- What does equality equal? -- Game theory and the constitution -- Multidimensional thinking -- Infinity and the constitution -- The incomplete constitution -- Constitutional chaos -- The Mathematics of limits -- The limits of mathematics.
Subject Mathematics -- Social aspects.
United States -- Politics and government.

 
    
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