TY  - BOOK
AU  - Seife,Charles
TI  - Proofiness: the dark arts of mathematical deception 
SN  - 9780670022168
AV  - QA 99 S459p 2010
U1  - 510 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Miscellanea
KW  - Pseudoscience
KW  - Matemáticas
KW  - Miscelánea
KW  - Escepticismo
KW  - 20151100
N1  - 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
N2  - The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010012127-d.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010012127-b.html
ER  -