Math on trial [electronic resource] : how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom / Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez.
Schneps, Leila.; Colmez, Coralie, 1988-
2013
K2290.S73 S36 2013eb
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Title Math on trial [electronic resource] : how numbers get used and abused in the courtroom / Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez.
Author Schneps, Leila.
ISBN 9780465037940 (electronic bk.)
0465032923
9780465032921
Publication Details New York : Basic Books, c2013.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 256 p.) : ill.
Call Number K2290.S73 S36 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 345/.07
Summary Describes the issues that can result when mathematical arguments are improperly used and discusses ten trials where this was the case, including the Dreyfus Affair, the case of Diana Sylvester, and Charles Ponzi's original scheme.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Colmez, Coralie, 1988-
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Math error number 1 : multiplying non-independent probabilities : the case of Sally Clark : motherhood under attack
Math error number 2 : unjustified estimates : the case of Janet Collins : hairstyle probability
Math error number 3 : trying to get something from nothing : the case of Joe Sneed : absent from the phone book
Math error number 4 : double experiment : the case of Meredith Kercher : the test that wasn't done
Math error number 5 : the birthday problem : the cold case of Diana Sylvester : cold hit analysis
Math error number 6 : Simpson's paradox : the Berkeley sex bias case : discrimination detection
Math error number 7 : the incredible coincidence : the case of Lucia de Berk : carer or killer?
Math error number 8 : underestimation : the case of Charles Ponzi : American dream, American scheme
Math error number 9 : choosing a wrong model : the case of Hetty Green : a battle of wills
Math error number 10: mathematical madness : the Dreyfus affair : spy or scapegoat?.

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