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Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.

By: Seife, Charles.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Viking, 2010Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-286) and index.Description: 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780670022168; 0670022160.Subject(s): Mathematics -- Miscellanea | PseudoscienceDDC classification: 510
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.
Summary: The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 510 Se426 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003714441

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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