Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
By: Seife, Charles
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TextPublisher: 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 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 510 Se426 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003714441 |
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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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