Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.

  • Seife, Charles.
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[2010], ©2010
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Description

The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives

Publication/Creation

New York : Viking, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.

Contents

Proofiness -- Phony facts, phony figures -- Rorschach's demon -- Risky business -- Poll cats -- Electile dysfunction -- An unfair vote -- Alternate realities -- Propaganda by the numbers -- Appendix A. Statistical error -- Appendix B. Electronic voting -- Appendix C. The prosecutor's fallacy.

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ISBN

  • 9780670022168
  • 0670022160