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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception

Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception

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Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception

by Charles Seife

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9780670022168
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Viking Adult, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Edition 2010. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.

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From the author of Zero , comes this "admirable salvo against quantitative bamboozlement by the media and the government" ( The Boston Globe ) In Zero , Charles Seife presented readers with a thrilling account of the strangest number known to humankind. Now he shows readers how the power of skewed metrics-or "proofiness"- is being used to alter perception in both amusing and dangerous ways. Proofiness is behind such bizarre stories as a mathematical formula for the perfect butt and sprinters who can run faster than the speed of sound. But proofiness also has a dark side: bogus mathematical formulas used to undermine our democracy-subverting our justice system, fixing elections, and swaying public opinion with lies. By doing the real math, Seife elegantly and good-humoredly scrutinizes our growing obsession with metrics while exposing those who misuse them.

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Title
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
Author
Charles Seife
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Hardcover
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ISBN 10
0670022160
ISBN 13
9780670022168
Publisher
Viking Adult
Place of Publication
New York, Ny, U.s.a.
Date Published
2010

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