Proofiness :
Seife, Charles.
Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife. - New York : Viking, c2010. - 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.
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.
The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
9780670022168 0670022160
2010012127
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.
QA99 / .S45 2010
510
Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife. - New York : Viking, c2010. - 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.
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.
The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
9780670022168 0670022160
2010012127
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.
QA99 / .S45 2010
510