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Seife, Charles.
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Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.
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Proofiness : the dar...
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Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
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Seife, Charles.
New York : Viking, 2010.
Subjects
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.
ISBN:
9780670022168 :
0670022160
Description:
295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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.
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The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
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Hawaii State Library
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