Title:
Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
Author:
Seife, Charles.
Publication Information:
New York : Viking, 2010.
Call Number:
QA99 .S45 2010
Abstract:
The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
ISBN:
9780670022168
Physical Description:
295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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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