Proofiness How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers

Name: Proofiness How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers
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ISBN: 9780143120070

ISBN-10: 0143120077

ISBN-13: 9780143120070

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charles Seife

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The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades and shapes daily lives. "Proofiness," as Seife explains in this eye-opening book, is the art of using pure mathematics for impure ends, and he reminds readers that bad mathematics has a dark side.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

A graduate of Yale University in Mathematics, Charles Seife's areas of research include probability theory and artificial intelligence. His journalism includes articles for The New Scientist, The Economist, and Scientific American among others. His first book, Zero: the Biography of a Dangerous Idea, won the PEN Award for Non-fiction.



Introduction: Proofiness



Phony Facts, Phony Figures



Rorschachï¿½s Demon



Risky Business



Poll Cats



Electile Dysfunction



An Unfair Vote



Alternate Realities



Propaganda by the Numbers


Acknowledgments


Appendix A: Statistical Error


Appendix B: Electronic Voting


Appendix C: The Prosecutorï¿½s Fallacy


Notes


Bibliography


Index