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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Viking, c2010.Description: 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780670022168
  • 0670022160
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 22
LOC classification:
  • QA99 .S45 2010
Other classification:
  • 31.99
Online resources:
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.
Summary: The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
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Book Book INES Library 510 - Mathematics 510 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 2014-1751

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

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