"Readers around the world have embraced Ali Almossawi's funny, clarifying explanations of logical fallacies in his hit book, An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments Now, Almossawi demystifies algorithms, those perennially misunderstood principles that underlie so many of our daily …
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The wildly popular author of Bad Arguments returns with a funny, smart introduction to algorithms-those perennially misunderstood, increasingly important problem-solving rules that can save you time and lead to better choices, every day. Why is Facebook so good at predicting wha…
An introduction to algorithms and their problem-solving potential in the everyday world outlines alternative methods for managing twelve different scenarios using the same systems that underline a word processor, a Google search engine, or a Facebook ad. "Readers around the wor…
Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote this book. Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope, argument, ad hominem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actual…
A software engineer and a graphic designer combine forces to depict the lost art of logic as demonstrated by illustrations of cute and whimsical animals having nonsensical arguments including the "false dilemma" and the "appeal to ignorance."
Presents an illustrated look at several philosophical arguments including the slippery slope, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, and argument from consequences debates.
"Here are cogent explanations of the straw man fallacy, the slippery slope argument, the ad homenem attack, and other common attempts at reasoning that actually fall short--plus a beautifully drawn menagerie of animals who (adorably) commit every logical faux pas. Rabbit thinks …
Presents an illustrated look at several philosophical arguments including the slippery slope, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, and argument from consequences debates.
Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much-needed dose of old-school logic (really old-school, a la Aristotle). …
Presents an illustrated look at several philosophical arguments including the slippery slope, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, and argument from consequences debates.
"Have you read (or stumbled into) one too many irrational online debates? Ali Almossawi certainly had, so he wrote an An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments! This handy guide is here to bring the internet age a much needed does of old-school logic."--Back cover.
"An illustrated, humorous guide to verbal and written rhetorical tricks, teaching readers to more competently analyze the hidden content behind words"--