Proofiness : : the Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
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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.
The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Viking, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780670022168
0670022160
SUBJECTS
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.