Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
Seife, Charles.
2010
QA99 .S45 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
Author Seife, Charles.
ISBN 9780670022168
0670022160
Publication Details New York : Viking, 2010.
Language English
Description 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number QA99 .S45 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 510
Summary The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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