Proofiness : The Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
by Seife, Charles
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP82659795
- Title
- Proofiness : The Dark Art of Mathematical Deception
- Author
- Seife, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670022160
- ISBN 13
- 9780670022168
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2010-09
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