Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
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TextPublication details: New York : Viking, c2010.Description: 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780670022168
- 0670022160
- 510
- QA 99 S459p 2010
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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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