基本信息出版社：Workman Publishing Company
页码：128 页
出版日期：2006年10月
ISBN：0761140212
International Standard Book Number：0761140212
条形码：9780761140214
EAN：9780761140214
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语

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Here for the geek in all of us are fifty foolproof equations that take the guesswork out of life—and the funniest twist on an idea since Richard Smith’s The Dieter’s Guide to Weight Loss During Sex. Call it the algebra oracle: By plugging in the right variables, GEEK LOGIK answers life’s most persistent questions. It covers Dating and Romance, Career and Finance, and everyday decisions like Should I get a tattoo? Can I still wear tight jeans? Is it time to see a therapist? How many beers should I have at the company picnic?

How does it work? Take a simple issue that comes up once or twice a week: Should I call in sick? Fill in the variables honestly, such as D for doctor’s note (enter 1 for “no,” 10 for “yes,” and 5 for “yes, but it’s a forgery”), R for importance of job (1-10, with 10 being “personally responsible for Earth’s orbit around Sun”), Fj for how much fun you have at work (1-10, with 10 being “personal trainer for underwear models”), N for how much you need the money (1-10, with 10 being “I owe the mob”), then do the math, and voilà—if the product, Hooky, is greater than 1, enjoy your very own Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Includes a pocket calculator so that prospective geeks can immediately solve the equation on the back cover: Should I buy this book?
作者简介 Garth Sundem is a math geek and freelance writer who lives by the numbers in Bozeman, Montana.
媒体推荐 “Geek Logik is a hoot!”
—Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times (The New York Times )

Geek Logik is a hoot! Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times (The New York Times )
专业书评 From the Back Cover

For the hopelessly indecisive and brainiacs lacking basic social skills, now you can solve life’s most vexing problems through mathematics.
The opposite sex, office politics, questions about career—even wardrobe. It’s all here, plus a calculator to eliminate any margin of error.
目录
Introduction 1
The “true” story of geek researchers and their race for an algebraic cure for social awkwardness.

Remember Algebra? 8
If algebra sounds like a spicy Middle Eastern food, start with this chapter. These simple steps are all you will need to solve the equations of this book—why didn’t they tell you it was this easy in junior high?

Dating and Romance 11
Do you have a snowball’s chance in hell with her? Should you become a monk? These and other equations provide the guidance every geek needs to survive interactions with the fairer sex.

Career and Finance 47
You could do your job with your eyes closed—it’s the rules of office culture that might as well be written in Swahili. Should you let the boss win? Should you become intimate with a coworker? Do you dare run for public office? Run the numbers to find out.

Everyday Decisions and Health 81
Sometimes the geek scale of fitness, personal grooming, and mental stability are slightly askew from that of society at large. You may be able to calculate the potential for life on Mars, but what about the probability of life in that macaroni and cheese you exhumed from the back of the fridge? This section helps geeks tie up the loose ends of their lives.
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文摘 Let’s face it: The world is a confusing place and though your finely honed geek mind might do backflips through molecular biology, life outside a petri dish can be daunting. Wouldn’t it be great if there were clear-cut, numerical answers to life’s important questions? Such as, how many beers should I have at the company picnic? Do I have a snowball’s chance in hell with her? Should I do it myself, or call an expert? Fortunately, scientists have recently found that everything that counts can be counted—and also that most things can be counted on for a good laugh. Geek Logik enables you to take the confusing and often conflicting data in your life, plug it in to algebraic equations, and come up with simple, definite answers. And the equations actually work! Solve these problems and simplify your life.

The Geek Logik system was developed in a laboratory (okay, a dorm room) at Cornell University in 1994. The hypothesis that math might be able to decide common conundrums was first tested with a simple procrastination versus preparedness model in which six test subjects wanted to eat hot wings and play beer pong, but were aware they should quarantine themselves in the Electricity and Magnetism section of the campus library to study (Sundem, Greene, Myers, Sacks, Lam, Bentley et al.; results published 1995, Ithaca Police Blotter). But this decision wasn’t as easy as tallying the wants and shoulds and counting up each column. Certain factors were more or less important depending on their value—as subjects’ grade point averages declined near the lower limit set by their financial aid, they were exponentially more likely to go to the library; as subjects completed successive rounds of beer pong, they were exponentially less likely to study. In addition, variables such as time until next test, current level of preparedness, and likelihood of
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