When Less Is More
Years ago, in a now defunct Borders store I came across two books that partially shared the titles:
- Christa Brelin (Editor), Strength in Numbers: A Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Resource, Visible Ink Pr, 1996
- Sherman K. Stein, Strength in Numbers: Discovering the Joy and Power of Mathematics in Everyday Life, Wiley, 1996
The incongruous semantics difference between the two titles was hugely amazing. I made a reference to the two books to foster my argument in a discussion with R. Hersh that ambiguity is not only inherent in mathematics but even more so in the common language.
Since then the nearby Borders store has disappeared, likely squeezed out by online competitors. Be as it may, one no longer has to rely on luck to find a suitable reference in a neighborhood store. The search at amazon.com for "Strength in Numbers" yielded several pages long list of books - admittedly not all relevant. But here are the first few:
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Strength in Numbers by Jeanine Hoffman |
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Strength in Numbers by Mandy M. Roth |
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Strength In Numbers: Discovering the Joy and Power of Mathematics in Everyday Life by Sherman K. Stein |
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Strength in Numbers by Rachel Bo |
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Strength in Numbers? The Political Mobilization of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. by Jan E. Leighley |
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JLA (Book 4): Strength in Numbers by Grant Morrison |
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Strength in numbers: truckers unite with two other associations.(Insurance & Employee Benefits): An article from: Mississippi Business Journal by Kelly Ingebretsen |
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Strength in numbers.(NEWS)(African Americans represent an influential demographic that drives style and consumer trends): An article from: Black Enterprise by Gale Reference Team |
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Millions of Monarchs, Bunches of Beetles: How Bugs Find Strength in Numbers by Gilbert Waldbauer |
It's a pleasure to observe that Sherman Stein's book is still selling well.
Here are a few results from the search for "When Less is More" which I mistakenly ran looking for P. Nahin's "When Least is Best."
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When Less Is More : The Complete Guide for Women Considering Breast Reduction Surgery by Bethanne Snodgrass |
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When Less is More: Visualizing Basic Inequalities (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Claudi Alsina |
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When More Is Less: The International Project in Afghanistan (Columbia/Hurst) by Astri Suhrke |
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When Less is More: Using the Mind to Exercise the Body by Arieh Lev Breslow |
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The Idle Parent: Why Less Means More When Raising Kids by Tom Hodgkinson |
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