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Proofiness : the dark arts of mathematical deception / Charles Seife.
Authors:
Seife, Charles.
Material type:
Book
Subject:
Mathematics -- Miscellanea.
Pseudoscience.
Language:
English
Publisher:
New York : Viking, 2010.
Description:
295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:
9780670022168
0670022160
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
The bestselling author of "Zero" shows how mathematical misinformation pervades--and shapes--our daily lives.
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Library
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Copies
Material
Location
St. Charles
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Collection
Batavia
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Non-fiction
Bloomingdale
510 SEI
BOOK
Adult Non-fiction
Franklin Park
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Collection
Geneva
510 SEI
BOOK
Adult Non-fiction
Glen Ellyn
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Non-fiction
Itasca
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Non-fiction
Villa Park
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Non-fiction
West Chicago
510 SEI
NONFICTION
Adult Non-fiction
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: Proofiness
1
1 Phony Facts, Phony Figures
7
2 Rorschach's Demon
39
3 Risky Business
67
4 Poll Cats
91
5 Electile Dysfunction
125
6 An Unfair Vote
167
7 Alternate Realities
199
8 Propaganda by the Numbers
223
Acknowledgments
243
Appendix A Statistical Error
245
Appendix B Electronic Voting
251
Appendix C The Prosecutor's Fallacy
257
Notes
261
Bibliography
273
Index
287