Proofiness the dark arts of mathematical deception
The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-- and shapes-- our daily lives
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New York, N.Y. :
Viking,
2010.
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Table of 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.
