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Charles Ludwidge Dodgson, the real name of Lewis Carroll, was an English mathematician in the 1800’s. His famous Alice stories, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, were derived from tales he would tell his three nieces while on outings with them. As a mathematician and logistician, he wove tales of nonsense using whimsical characters with nonsensical logic placed in a dreamlike setting. Much of the humor from the book is based on the logical fallacies accepted as fact on the part of the stories’ many zany characters, although a few characters are able to opine the occasional true principle (e.g. the Cheshire Cat), a favorite character of Thomas S. Monson.

Find at least four logical fallacies in Alice and Wonderland. Be prepared to share you fallacies and what kind of fallacy they are in class.
Come prepared for a mad tea party with hot chocolate and treats.

Read all sections of the module
Select at least one of the experiments to perform. Write up your observations.
Complete the “On Your Own” questions as you read, but you do not need to turn in your answers. (“On Your Own” answers are at the end of the module.)
Answer all of the Study Guide questions. There are only a few problems that require math in module 14, so the problems should go pretty quick.

E-mail me your written work no later than 6:00 PM the day before master class to the following

e-mail address: Jeremy.Mapes@rocket.com. I will review your work and return it with

comments during master class. The following items must be submitted:

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