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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

por Seife, Charles

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0670022160
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9780670022168
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New York: Viking. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2010. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 295 pp. .

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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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Livreiro
Abacus Bookshop US (US)
Nº do estoque do livreiro
BOOKS083902I
Título
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
Autor
Seife, Charles
Ilustrador
Illustrated
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Capa dura
Estado do livro
Usado - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
Edição
1st
ISBN 10
0670022160
ISBN 13
9780670022168
Editorial
Viking
Local de publicação
New York
Data de publicação
2010
Catálogos de livreiros
Mathematics;

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