Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception /

Seife, Charles.

Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Dark arts of mathematical deception Charles Seife. - New York : Viking, 2010. - 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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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Mathematics--Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.

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